Tag: Washington D.C.

Vice mayor’s aide arrested during D.C. protests

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Cassidy Ketchem, Alexandria resident and legislative aide to Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, was arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with...

Poor Robert’s Ruminations with Rob Whittle: Adventures on the Potomac River

A funny thing happened at work today: On a call, Dr. Phil could be heard dispensing sex advice before I could mute. On a Zoom call,...

City council adopts new housing goals

By Luke Anderson | [email protected] With Amazon’s HQ2 and Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus coming to the region, the city is proposing new housing goals to...

Alexandria man killed in D.C. stabbing

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Robert Bolich, 62, of Alexandria was killed in a stabbing while working as a bridge inspector on the Frederick Douglass...

My View: The Impact of Amazon HQ2 on Alexandria

By David Howell It’s official: Amazon is coming. After 14 months of speculation, the odds-on favorite Crystal City was indeed the winner in the HQ2...

Chief Fed economist, longtime Alexandria resident David Wilcox to retire

By Duncan Agnew | [email protected] When David Wilcox took his seat in an intermediate economics class as a sophomore at Williams College, he never thought...

Alexandria Chamber names business leader of the year

By Mae Hunt | [email protected] The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce has named Bill Butcher, founder of Port City Brewing Co., its 2018 Business Leader of the...

My View: A child’s remembrances of RFK

By Denise Dunbar My family was touring one of the glass-blowing shops in Flemington, New Jersey with out-of-town family on June 6, 1968 when news...

Alexandria moms host local March for Our Lives event

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Just a week before the national March for Our Lives event, which was held Saturday in Washington D.C., two Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy...

Man charged with sending explosive powder to Alexandria building

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] A Washington state man has been charged after allegedly sending explosive powder to more than a dozen metro Washington D.C. locations, including...