Tag: neighborhood

Photographer Audra Wrisley captures Parkfairfax mid-pandemic

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] When COVID-19 cancelled the majority of wedding photographer Audra Wrisley’s gigs, she didn’t let it drain her creativity. Suddenly finding herself...

Hope on North Early Street

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] To spread a positive message during the COVID-19 outbreak, school children on North Early Street delivered bouquets of daffodils to...

Beverley Hills combines social distancing and interactive art

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Residents throughout the city are getting creative as they stay home and adapt to social distancing, the new normal required...

Allison Silberberg reflects on term as mayor

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] As she looks back on her time as mayor, Allison Silberberg’s reflections are built from stories of the events she’s...

Asana becomes a lead partner in King Street Corridor Initiative

Asana Partners, which has entered into the King Street real estate market in a major way over the past two years, has become a...

Home Profile: Del Ray home embraces a touch of madness

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Ellen and John Patrick’s home on the 400 block of East Duncan Avenue has had a variety of themes and...

Ivy Hill Cemetery Executive Director Lucy Goddin seeks to build lasting...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Ivy Hill Cemetery Executive Director Lucy Goddin doesn’t see death when she walks the grounds of the historic Rosemont burial...

Contractor named for controversial Potomac Yard Metro

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] WMATA and the City of Alexandria have named Potomac Yard Constructors, a dual venture from Halmar International and Schiavone Construction Co., as...

Home Profile: Charm and color on Luray

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Lindsey Swanson and Terry Burcham had just decided to move in together when they stumbled upon a house that they...

Our View: One BAR for all

It’s much easier to grow government than to shrink it. Functions, staff positions, committees and departments are all added over time and are seldom eliminated....