Daily Brief | May 18
City Council upholds Braddock Road bike lane plan in 4-3 vote; Crooked Run signs lease for Del Ray taproom; Traffic board meets tonight on food truck relocation, parking permits
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Daily Brief | May 15
ACPS school board pushes budget timeline back a week; Prince Street townhouse fire ruled electrical and accidental; Alexandria leaders greet riders for Bike to Work Day's 25th anniversary
Daily Brief | May 14
Alexandria homelessness count rises 14%, driven by sharp increase in children; Virginia one step closer to requiring diaper-changing stations in new buildings; VRE postpones King Street bridge closure to May 29
Daily Brief | May 13
Council to weigh Braddock Road bike lane appeal Saturday; city to host waterfront flood mitigation update Monday; Out of School Time registration opens next month
Daily Brief | May 12
Sandy Marks sworn in tonight, giving Alexandria its first female-majority council; AEDP picks FedTech to launch business accelerator; Dunigan returns to VA-8 race after redistricting ruling
Daily Brief | May 11
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down voter-approved redistricting maps; Soccer IN School wraps first year, reaching all 1,360 second graders; APD names two new assistant chiefs
Daily Brief | May 8
Kay-Wyatt unveils $5.6M in ACPS cuts, eliminating 45.6 positions; school board approves police partnership agreement; Marks to take oath Tuesday as council receives lone Torpedo Factory bid
Daily Brief | May 7
Chamber ALX names 40 Under 40 honorees; Planning Commission backs Old Town Pool, defers beekeeping rules; Bethesda REIT to acquire Potomac Yard senior living communities for $249M
Daily Brief | May 6
Second Braddock Road safety project heads to public; VRE bridge work drags King Street closure into third day; Kay-Wyatt to unveil adjusted ACPS budget Thursday
Daily Brief | May 5
Croatian stamp exhibit opens at Torpedo Factory; King Street closure extended after VRE bridge work runs long; Planning Commission takes up beekeeping rules, Old Town Pool tonight
Daily Brief | May 4
9-year-old struck in Del Ray crosswalk; Hank's Pasta Bar official launch set for May 7; Alexandria unveils America250 garden flag
Daily Brief | May 1
Nine claims about Braddock Road — and what the record shows; state releases findings from school listening tour; how a councilmember and school board chair arrived at very different views of school funding
Daily Brief | April 30
City Council unanimously adopts $979M budget, holds tax rate flat; ICE Out celebrates $200K Sheriff's Office "cut"; Pride of Baltimore II arrives on waterfront
Daily Brief | April 29
Council to adopt $977M budget tonight; city considers $135 million in financing for power plant redevelopment; council authorizes $20M for Ladrey rehabilitation
Daily Brief | April 28
Alexandria area leads Virginia in job losses as federal cuts deepen; council hosts legislative meeting tonight; budget adoption tomorrow
Daily Brief | April 27
Mayor Gaskins rejects bill to return Alexandria to D.C.; Hillyard, Gill win PNC Alexandria Half Marathon; Trump fires entire National Science Board