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Business Matters
A quiet stretch of Eisenhower Avenue is about to get a new lease on life — nightlife, to be exact.
New City Manager Offers Proposal to Increase Average Residential Property Tax Bill by $52
Rising property values mean most residential property owners would pay more.
With two months under his belt as the city’s new chief executive, City Manager Rashad Young proposed his first budget to City Council members on Valentine’s Day.
Week in Alexandria
What happens to members of city boards and commissions who get sued by the city government? It’s an awkward question, one that Alexandria now faces in the Alexandria Circuit Court.
Business Matters
Del Ray is known as the place where Main Street still exists. Now it's also a place where adults can eat sushi without the threat of hearing a crying baby.
May 14: Council Notebook
Council Notebook briefs.
May 28: Council Notebook
News briefs from the city council on May 28.
Council Notebook
City Council members have taken a bite out of crime.
Three Po Boys
See how they run at Southside 815, the Union Street Public House and King Street Blues.
Three Po Boys
Council Members Dip Into Rainy-Day Fund to Avoid Raising Tax Rate
Unanimous budget will raise average residential property tax bill by $52.
Taxpayers can expect to pay more money now that members of the Alexandria City Council have adopted a tax rate for the coming year that will increase the average residential property tax bill by $52.
In Session: Virginia Assembly Briefs
The backlog of untested rape kits has received a lot of media attention in recent years, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been working to find ways to process all that evidence. But that’s not the only problem with rape kits. Many of them are them are simply thrown away.
Council Notebook
Yea, though members of the City Council walk through the valley of the shadow of Beauregard, they seem to fear no evil.
Week in Alexandria
The budget standoff in Richmond could have dramatic consequences in Alexandria, where every service from education services to transportation funding is on the line.
In Session
Now that congressional redistricting has moved through the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate, a picture of 2012 is beginning to take shape
Business Matters
Remember that commercial building that was approved near the Braddock Road Metro station? Well forget about it.
Council Notebook
Mayor Bill Euille is asking his colleagues on the City Council to refrain from answering questions about where they think the Potomac Yard Metro should be located.
Week in Alexandria
As the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Democratic Sen. Jim Webb heads into the long hot political summer season, both candidates are trying to capture the attention of Northern Virginia voters.
On the Campaign Trail
With six weeks to go before Election Day, it’s starting to look like Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille will not be debating former Vice Mayor Andrew Macdonald — at least not in a debate that doesn’t include all 12 of the City Council candidates.