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City receives 2.89 percent rate of sale for bonds
After recently having its bond ratings reaffirmed in July, the city announced on Monday that it has secured low interest rates on the sale...
New ACPS superintendent plans to spearhead school capacity issues
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., Ed.D., Alexandria City Public Schools’ fourth superintendent in five years, said he’s here to stay.
The Alexandria...
Lois Berlin reflects on year as superintendent
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Dr. Lois Berlin didn’t let an interim title and one-year tenure get in the way of moving Alexandria City Public...
Letter to the Editor: Times story was investigative journalism at its...
To the editor:
As we sort through the upheavals of the June 12 election, let us not focus only on the results but on some...
Letter to the Editor: City manager, attorney should hit the road
To the editor:
Something’s rotten in our local government. We are not being served well by some of our senior public servants. City Manager Mark...
Letter to the community: An apology for the Potomac Yard Metro...
To the Alexandria Community:
Since the 1970s, the city has worked closely with residents and businesses toward the vision of a new Potomac Yard Metro...
Council discusses salary increases, affordable housing at legislative meeting
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Council passed the ordinance on first reading to increase annual compensation for mayor to $41,600 and for other members of...
King Street Corridor initiative secures private funding
By Michaela Gleeson | [email protected]
The King Street Corridor initiative, led by Visit Alexandria, is well underway with 80 percent of its $175,000 goal raised,...
Our View: Potomac Yard Metro obfuscation erodes trust
The general erosion of trust is one of the saddest components of our modern era.
It takes a long time to gain trust; conversely, trust...
Mayoral candidates set for final showdown
By Alexa Epitropoulos and Missy Schrott
With less than a week left until the Democratic primary, the already-heated clashes between mayoral opponents, incumbent Allison Silberberg...
