1+ week, 4+ day ago   (12+ words) Sept. 3, 2026 The post September 2026 appeared first on Alexandria Times....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (547+ words) ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION & CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2026, 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 – 9:30 A.M. REDELLA S. “DEL” PEPPER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, ROOM 1305 4850 MARK CENTER DRIVE The public may participate in person or remotely on Zoom by registering via the links below. The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Grown-up Field Trips is a new monthly series that started in February to mark the 100th anniversary of Black History Month and the United States’ 250th birthday. Thanks to visitor surveys, including the Museum Social Impact Study, Office of Historic Alexandria staff…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (825+ words) Alexandria women have hoisted their anchors and their hems to play unconventional and important roles in our city’s maritime culture and history. In this edition, we first sail back in time, for a quick look at global female mariners before,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (414+ words) On Saturday, the Friendship Fire Company marks its 252nd year with the Friendship Firehouse Festival along the 100 block of Alfred Street. Friendship, established in 1774, was the first volunteer fire company in Alexandria. At a time when open flames were used for…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (627+ words) The Virginia Railway Express acquired Seminary Yard, a rail yard on King Street, from the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority for $35.8 million. VRE aims to increase operational efficiency and expand services, according to a June 29 news release from the organization. VRE…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (147+ words) To the editor: I have been living outside the city for almost two years now, and I am looking forward to returning. I had my reasons for leaving, but it hasn’t been the same outside the city limits. There is…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (826+ words) The Education Association of Alexandria, the city’s only teachers union, will hold a presidential runoff election later this month after no candidate secured a majority of votes in a closely watched race that followed the invalidation of the union’s previous…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1180+ words) Virginia Paving, the street construction company whose West End plant has produced asphalt in Alexandria since 1960, will cease operations at its site in December following a 6-0 City Council vote on July 1. City Councilor Canek Aguirre abstained from the vote. City…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) For centuries, Native Americans lived in and traveled through the land that now makes up Alexandria. Today’s indigenous groups and state and federally recognized tribes and nations of Virginia include the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Chickahominy Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi,…...