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Transgender Bathrooms: A Local Matter?
Alexandria’s School Board weighs in on high-profile lawsuit against another jurisdiction.
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Zoning, Pets and Religion, Oh My in Alexandria
In split vote, council approves poultry slaughterhouse.
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Where State and City Intersect in Alexandria
General Assembly convenes; state and local legislators weigh in.
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Protection, Prevention and Communication Lead Police Efforts in Our Community By Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan Storck
Police Efforts
The Other Alexandria: His Name Lives On – Charles Hamilton Houston
Before 1965, Alexandria, Va. had separate schools for African Americans in the Alexandria school system.
The Other Alexandria: He Believed In the Constitution: Reverend Fields Cook
Reverend Fields Cook engaged in so many areas of endeavor during his lifetime that it would be impossible to write a short article on all the things he accomplished. His struggles became his strengths
He was born a slave in King Williams County, Virginia around 1817, and was author of the 1847 unpublished memoir, “Fields’ Observations.”
Snakeheads Are Thriving in Area Waters
Snakeheads taste like a tender pork chop, some say.
They lurk in the murky, sluggish shallows, their elongated bodies and splotchy, brown skin camouflaged in the shoreline’s woody detritus and dense vegetation.
New Law Could Help Save Turtles
Wild turtles need protection; enjoy them by seeing them, but leave them be.
From scratchy ancient petroglyphs to the children’s book heroine, Myrtle the turtle, to fictional superheroes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, turtles have long fascinated people.
Column: Property Values Are on the Rise and I Hear You
Property value
Opinion: Commentary: General Assembly at Crossover
This last year has been called “historic” and “unprecedented".