Tag: northern virginia
RAFT volunteers work around the clock to support Afghan refugees
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
In late July 2021, a friend strongly urged Arafat Safi to flee his home in Afghanistan. Rumblings of a Taliban takeover...
Virginia Tech advisory board to include national industry leaders
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Virginia Tech is forming an advisory board composed of business and industry leaders from around the country to provide direction...
Analysis: Northern Virginia experiencing slight spike in COVID-19
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
The seven-day, moving-average positivity rate for COVID-19 has become a relied-on indicator nationwide for how states, regions and cities are...
Your Views: Time to open parks, collect trash
To the editor:
I write in response to your editorial “Patience remains a virtue” in the May 14 issue of the Alexandria Times. No doubt...
Our View: Patience remains a virtue
While the process wasn’t pretty, we think Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) and Northern Virginia’s leaders made the right call to delay phase one reopening...
Virginia Tech announces larger site for Innovation Campus
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus coming to Alexandria will be located on a much larger site than the one announced...
Your Views: Slaughterhouse would harm city’s image
To the editor:
I wholeheartedly object to having a business that allows customers to pick a chicken and have it weighed and then slaughtered within...
City extends lease to manage Cameron Run Park with NOVA Parks
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
City council extended a lease with NOVA Parks at its Saturday public hearing for the use of the Cameron Run...
Small Business Spotlight: Threadleaf owner moves from White House to retail
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Nicole McGrew didn’t envision opening a boutique of her own when she left her job at the White House in January...
Spring2ACTion breaks fundraising records in eighth year
Spring2ACTion, the annual online giving event for Alexandria nonprofits, outraised last year's total by more than $100,000.
This year's event, which took place on April...
