Tag: grassroots alexandria

Your Views: Private scheming was anti-police

To the editor: In our Dec. 9, 2021, letter “Public debate, private scheming,” we noted that a Freedom of Information Act request had revealed that...

Tenants and Workers United holds bilingual candidate forum

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] The 15 candidates running for City Council will gather tonight for a bilingual forum held by Tenants and Workers United...

Council approves accessory dwelling unit policy

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City Council approved a preliminary version of a zoning text amendment that would define accessory dwelling units in code with...

A look at Alexandria hotels in the days before the Inauguration

By Allison Hageman | [email protected] In the past, presidential inaugurations for Alexandria were jubilant and filled with visitors. People from all over the country would go...

Your Views: Return only when safe

To the editor: In response to your “Back to the Classroom” editorial in the Nov. 12 Alexandria Times, the issue at stake is not to...

School board keeps police in schools

By Lindsey Sullivan | [email protected] At its Oct. 29 meeting, the Alexandria School Board voted 6-3 to approve a revised memorandum of understanding with the...

Your Views: Broad support for ending SRO program

To the editor: I am writing about the article, “School board considers removing APD from schools,” in the Oct. 22 Alexandria Times. This article was...

School Board candidates face off at candidate forum

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Sixteen candidates running for nine seats on the Alexandria School Board participated in a forum on Oct. 3 at Del Ray...

Alexandrians plan to counter Unite the Right rally

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Alexandria organizations plan to stand in opposition as the same alt-right group that organized the Unite the Right rally in...

Forum reveals candidates’ true colors

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Alexandria’s mayoral and council candidates gathered for the first time under one roof ahead of the June 12 Democratic primary...