Tag: parker-gray stadium
City council approves lights, upgrades for T.C. Williams’ Parker-Gray Stadium
City council voted to approve the addition of lights at T.C. Williams' Parker-Gray Stadium, as well as upgrades to the stadium itself and a...
Our View: Compromise on T.C. lights
History is not inherently good or bad. In Alexandria, we rightly celebrate our storied colonial era, preserve the cobblestone streets that remain and continue...
My View: An imaginary discussion about T.C. lights
By Denise Dunbar
City official 1: I have an idea – I think we should add lights to the T.C. Williams football stadium project.
City official...
Letter to the Editor: An SUP is indeed a promise to...
To the editor:
When the Alexandria Planning Commission was considering, and then approved, lights for the T.C. Williams High School football stadium, I took exception...
The history beneath T.C. Williams
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
In the back-and-forth between supporters and opponents of lights at the T.C. Williams High School stadium, proponents often ask: Why...
The great T.C. lights debate begins
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Despite a lawsuit, years of neighborhood opposition and an alleged verbal contract that was upheld for half a century, the...
Planning commission to discuss increase in stadium lighting height requirements
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The planning commission will discuss at an Oct. 2 public hearing whether they will permit construction of taller light poles at city...
Letter to the Editor: Do we want lights on every field?
To the editor:
If any taxpaying resident needed proof that they are nothing more than a cash cow to those ruling Alexandria, then simply savor...
Our View: September storms in Alexandria
Hurricane Florence’s menacing approach toward the coast in South and North Carolina is a reminder that we are never as in control as we...
Letter to the Editor: T.C. voter drive about engagement, not fraud
To the editor:
I am writing in response to a letter in the Aug. 23 Alexandria Times, “Press has unique role in exposing wrongdoing,” primarily...
