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Down the Drain: Understanding Alexandria's Sewer Crisis

Environmental Services proposes solutions to sewage crisis.

Alexandria experiences between 30 to 40 sewer overflows every year.

Arlington Parks and Rec

Ambition and innovation at heart of new Public Spaces Master Plan.

Shelter Seeks Animal Foster Parents

Program provides temporary homes.

Forty-eight animals at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria are looking for temporary homes.

Old Town, New Art in Alexandria

Commission approves developer contributions for Arts and Cultural District.

Alexandria: Teen’s Presidential Business

One hundred years of American elections at one Alexandria table.

It’s election season in America, but Trump and Hillary aren’t the only campaign pins showing up in Old Town Alexandria. Outside Big Wheel Bikes on The Strand, 14-year-old Diego Antonio Moore has a table full of election pins promoting candidates from Eisenhower to Obama.

Back to School at Samuel Tucker Elementary

Year-Round school starts again.

The Last Piece in Alexandria

Final southern waterfront development approved.

Alexandriava.gov 2.0

City reveals redesign for its website.

City Manager Mark Jinks remembered a time when the City of Alexandria was considered the leader in its municipal website.

Road Work Ahead

Alexandria: TC Honors Its Titans

Hall of Fame inductees include serviceman killed in Iraq and “Remember the Titans” coach Herman Boone.

For one of T.C. Williams High School’s biggest celebrities, Coach Herman Boone made a quiet entrance to the Alexandria City Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony. He worked his way apart from the crowd, finding and greeting some of the men he used to coach in football. Boone was among the athletes inducted and coaches honorarily inducted into the ACPS Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Feb. 12.

Splitting the Bill in Alexandria

Meals tax debate divides council.

Historic Discovery Made at Hotel Indigo Construction Site

18th Century warehouse unearths more questions than answers.

Once thought lost to demolition and fire, pieces of a mid-18th century warehouse on Alexandria’s waterfront have been reclaimed.

Arlington: Outrage Avoided

Arlington School Board prohibits gender identity discrimination.

Two months ago, the Fairfax County School Board added “gender identity” to its nondiscrimination policy amid a hail storm of outrage from its community.

Alexandria: City Council Passes Budget

After two months of City Council work sessions and public hearings, the council voted to approve the budget with little of the debate that had defined previous meetings.

Seeking Funds for Schools’ Capital Improvements

School Board seeks $4 million more than council’s cap.

The Alexandria City Public School Board approved Superintendent Alvin Crawley’s $305 million 2016-2025 Capital Improvement Plan Budget, including $42 million for the 2016 fiscal year, at its Feb. 5 meeting.

Alexandria: Union Soldier Revisits Fort

Local historian takes on role of civil war veteran for a tour.

Fort Ward doesn’t do as good a job holding out Southerners as it used to.

School Board Notes

Neighbors Push Back

T.C. Williams Advisory Committee has been meeting in its current form since 2007 to resolve issues between the local neighborhoods and the high school.

Drawing Boundaries in Arlington

Middle school boundaries reignite busing questions.

Alexandria: Transit Improvements Arriving

Governor announces road and rail projects.

The Atlantic Gateway is underway. Gov. Terry McAuliffe discussed the details of the $1.4 billion plan to reform regional road and rail projects at Alexandria’s Union Station on July 8. For Northern Virginia, the program means road expansions and more express lanes, but for Alexandria a big piece of the proposed improvements could be the rebuilding of the Long Bridge parallel to the 14th Street Bridge.

Alexandria Veterans Honor Fallen Comrades and Retiring Commander

Lost but not forgotten.

There’s some laughter and chatting around the American Legion headquarters under Gatsby’s Tavern, but a heavy mood still weighs over the room.

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