Tag: john fitzgerald

Your Views: Full-term abortion is reprehensible

To the editor: Recently the Alexandria City Council removed the name of former Alexandria Mayor Col. John Fitzgerald from the park at the foot of...

Letter to the Editor: Renamed park is just another broken promise

To the editor: Alexandria doesn’t have the gumption to honor a town father, early mayor, aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War and patriot....

Council officially names Waterfront Park

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] At its public hearing on Saturday, city council officially adopted the name Waterfront Park for the new park at the...

Our View: Honoring Irish heritage in Alexandria

It’s human nature to want to duck an issue rather than face potential unpleasantness head on. We all do it. Alexandria’s local government has...

King Street park naming process draws ire

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] When the City of Alexandria broke ground on a new park at the base of King Street on St. Patrick’s...

St. Mary reflects on legacy of faith after basilica designation

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] St. Mary Catholic Church has become the region of Northern Virginia's – and the diocese of Arlington’s – first basilica. The...