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Meet Chef Euripides at the Royal Restaurant in Alexandria
A community institution since 1904.
Richard Euripides, chef at the Royal Restaurant on N. Asaph Street, has boiled two packages of ribbed Zerega lasagna noodles for a customer favorite.
Hands Held High for 44 Years
Cora Reed has been a school crossing guard for the Alexandria Public Schools for nearly 44 years.
Arlington Honors Fallen Police Officers
Acting Arlington County Police Chief Charles Penn stands in front of a plaque “In Valor There Is Hope” in the plaza outside police headquarters reading the names of the seven fallen ACPD officers on Monday, May, 10.
Part I: A three-part series focusing on prisoner reentry in Northern Virginia.
Employment and housing prove to be major hurdles.
In Virginia, 38,000 citizens were incarcerated in 2016. Almost 90 percent of those released return home.
Alexandria People at Work: Helping in Bird Count
It was Saturday, Dec. 19 at Monticello Park on Beverly Street. Tom Albright has just joined the team recording the birds in part of Subsector 4 for the Christmas Bird Count. The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is held nationwide each year from Dec. 14-Jan. 5. It serves as an early census on the winter birds. Albright has been participating in this annual event at Monticello since 2004.
Life Lessons on the Water
Amy Zang directs sailing camp.
It was 9:45 a.m. in early July, and Amy Zang, who lives in Del Ray, was checking in the 141 campers sitting on the lawn waiting for their week of sailing instruction at the Washington Sailing Marina.
An Ambassador and an Enforcer
Working in traffic enforcement.
Cheryl Fuller has been a traffic enforcement officer for the City of Alexandria for 20 years.
Refugee Volunteer Group in Arlington Aims to Welcome All
Interfaith group offers advocacy, life skills programs and community events.
Pavilion Fenced Off as Site for SEEC Workers in Arlington
The pavilion on South 27th Street and Shirlington Road sits empty after 20 years of serving as a meeting place for Shirlington Employment and Education Center (SEEC) workers.
Step Out the Door, Return as a New Woman
New mobile hair salon gives door-to-door service.
People at Work