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2 days ago · ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria. By ALXnow.com. Published November 8, 2024 at 2:30PM. Hypergoat Coffee Roasters owners Rodrigo Ramos and Deborah Joos Tafner de Moraes (staff photo by James Cullum) This week saw multiple days of wall-to-wall election coverage, but none of them took the top spot.
‘I feel ready’ says Alexandria’s next Mayor Alyia Gaskins after …
Nov 5, 2024 · After nearly a year of campaigning, City Council Member Alyia Gaskins said on election day that she's ready to be the next mayor of Alexandria. Gaskins won the three-way Democratic primary for mayor in June, and faces no opposition in the general election.
BREAKING: Washington Capitals and Wizards are officially
Dec 13, 2023 · It’s official: the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards are moving to Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood. The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) confirmed the news this morning ahead of a 9 a.m. announcement from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the team’s owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment Chairman and ...
UPDATED: One killed at Potomac Yard gas station shooting
May 13, 2022 · Earlier — The Alexandria Police Department is responding to a shooting at an Exxon station (2320 Richmond Highway) in Potomac Yard. According to scanner traffic, there were two victims in a car with gunshot wounds. One was killed at the scene and another was transported to a hospital.
Two victims reported, one in critical condition, in Braddock ...
Sep 20, 2024 · The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is responding to a shooting in the Braddock neighborhood. The shooting occurred around 8:14 p.m. Update 9/20 -- One of the victims, 25-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier, has died.
UPDATE: Alexandria firefighters battle multiple-alarm fire at …
Oct 14, 2024 · Multiple alarm fire- Engine 210 and Truck 208 responded to an odor of smoke in a high rise in the 6300 Block of Stevenson Avenue. Companies arrived locating a well advanced fire on the 12th floor. The high rise assignment was dispatched and a second alarm was declared.
Del Ray residents hold farewell party to park closed by JD Vance’s ...
Aug 26, 2024 · Del Ray residents did not couch their feelings about losing a neighborhood park to JD Vance’s Secret Service protection. The City of Alexandria announced last week that, at the request of the Secret Service, it would be closing Jude Lowe Neighborhood Park in …
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Alexandria Democrats declare victory in City Council races
Nov 5, 2024 · While thousands of mailed absentee ballots remain uncounted, Alexandria Democrats declared victory on election night. Mayor-elect Alyia Gaskins said that when the provisional and mail-in absentee votes are tallied that the city's Democratic candidates will make up the seven-person City Council.
4,800 tickets issued monthly by speed cameras in three Alexandria ...
Sep 25, 2024 · An average of 4,800 speeding tickets are being issued every month in three Alexandria school zones, and the city's school system will soon look for locations for future speed cameras. The data was presented at a joint City Council/School Board Committee meeting at City Hall on Monday (Sept. 23).