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Alexandria Schools Pass SOL Tests … Mostly
Alexandria City Public Schools got test scores back from the 2014-2015 Standards of Learning (SOL) tests, and for the most part, it’s a report card to hang on the refrigerator.
Alexandria: What’s Next For Patrick Henry?
Schools and Parks Department proposals each stalled by the other.
Alexandria Public Schools’ plans to rebuild Patrick Henry Elementary School around the location of the current site have hit a snag.
Alexandria Brief: King Street Park Revitalized
Beverley Park isn’t the only Alexandria Park looking at major redevelopment. The park at the end of King Street, appropriately named “King Street Park,” could be seeing a temporary boost before Waterfront redevelopment transforms the area. Currently the site hosts a small anchor monument and a bench, but expansion into two nearby sites could turn the park into the missing link between the northern and southern parts of the Alexandria waterfront.
Stop Sewage in Potomac River? Just Takes Money
City speeds Oronoco Bay sewage review, but still 10 years away.
Every year, Alexandria dumps 11 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac through Outfall 001.
Arlington's Mr. Schwartz Goes to Washington
County manager says local social programs are on Federal Budget chopping block.
Adjusting Shortfall in Alexandria
School Board struggles to close operating and capital budget gaps.
Before Superintendent Dr. Alvin Crawley leaves in the summer, there’s still one major hurdle at Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS): the budget.
Adjusting Shortfall in Alexandria
School Board struggles to close operating and capital budget gaps.
Too Much Parking in Alexandria?
New commercial parking standards to ease requirements on businesses.
Inside the Police Academy
Local police officers, deputy sheriffs gain perspective at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy.
One of the doors in the regional law enforcement training academy opens to the view of a run-down apartment interior.
Alexandria: Cider City
Sipping cider’s history.
From hand-cranked wooden presses to the tab at an Old Town pub, hard cider has a long history in Alexandria.
Strategic Plan Part 3: Well-Managed Government
Plan calls for flexible funding and greater accessibility.
Alexandria strategic plan.
Alexandria: 37 Years Later, Chief Cook Retires
Chief of Police Cook reflects on his service to his city.
For as long as he can remember, Chief of Police Earl Cook wanted to be a police officer. At the end of September, Cook will retire and go back to being a civilian for the first time in 37 years.
Alexandria: Once a Titan ...
Parents and students from the Class of 2015 remember successes and struggles.
Much of the Robinson family pointed out every girl entering the floor of the Patriot Center, trying to determine at a distance which was McKayla Robinson. It wasn’t an easy task, and each one of the parents filling the 10,000 seat sports center at George Mason University was attempting to accomplish.
Death Knell for Arlington's Artisphere?
Where the Artisphere went wrong.
The County Manager Barbara Donnellan has finally made the recommendation to put the Artisphere down after five years of its limping through budget seasons. Tasked with finding a way of saving the financially hemorrhaging arts center, Donnellan warned the County Board in December that Artisphere’s future was in jeopardy, and followed through with listing the Artisphere as one of the optional cuts in the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 County Manager Budget, released Feb. 19.