Tag: fairfax county
NVCT and NOVA Parks make offer on River Farm
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Local nonprofit Northern Virginia Conservation Trust and regional parks organization NOVA Parks jointly submitted an offer to purchase the historic...
Northern Virginia reopening delayed to May 28
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
After conversations with local officials in five Northern Virginia jurisdictions, Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) has delayed the reopening of the...
Four-alarm fire destroys construction site near Route 1
By Luke Anderson | [email protected]
A plume of black smoke billowed above Alexandria on Saturday due to a four-alarm structure fire about a mile south...
City considers closing Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center, a 70-bed youth correctional facility located near Landmark Mall, could potentially close.
The center serves...
Your Views: Make the effort to better recycle glass
To the editor:
The City of Alexandria and Fairfax County have started a new glass recycling program with the goal of improving recycling rates. Previously,...
Our View: Are we a slaughterhouse city?
We offer no opinion on the advisability or morality of meat consumption.
Happily, we live in a free society where people make decisions about diet...
Police investigate bank robbery on Mount Vernon Avenue
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a bank robbery on Mount Vernon Avenue, APD reported via Twitter today at 1:14...
Council approves Route 1 South density increase
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
City council unanimously approved a master plan amendment that puts the city’s affordable housing strategy east of Route 1 into motion on...
Arts: Helping Alexandria inmates find the beauty within
By Jordan Wright
When forensic sketch artist Kelli Schollard-Sincock was thinking about how she could make an impact in her community, she recalled a casual comment...
Friday crash injures two people
A car crash on late Friday night in Alexandria resulted in two non-life-threatening injuries, Fairfax Fire & Rescue reported via social media.
Fairfax Fire &...