10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (880+ words) By Jim McGrath | [email protected] Michael Horton, the leading scorer in T.C. Williams’ boys basketball history, died suddenly Sunday at his home in Woodbridge. He was 50. Horton scored more than 1,600 points and averaged 27.2 points per game as a three-year starter for Coach…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1310+ words) Representatives from local coalitions ICE Out of Alexandria and Tenants and Workers United confirmed that there were six arrests by ICE on Aug. 8 and 10 – part of a recent “trend” in increased ICE activity in the City of Alexandria. On Aug....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (350+ words) Check out the fall schedules of Titans girls volleyball, boys volleyball and football. Aug. 26 Time: 6 p.m. Opponent: George C. Marshall Location: TBA Aug. 31 Time: 6:30 p.m. Opponent: Wakefield Location: Home Sept. 2 Time: 6:30 p.m. Opponent: South County Location: Away Sept. 19 Time: TBA Opponent: C.D. Hylton Location: Home…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1262+ words) Charlotte Ware, 17, has long viewed her school’s abundance of extracurricular and vocational offerings as one of its greatest strengths. Her excitement for the course has since faded. When Ware and the robotics team returned to school last August, their workspace,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (691+ words) After a turbulent election season and a closely contested runoff, David Paladin-Fernandez has been elected president of the Education Association of Alexandria, narrowly defeating Christina Bohringer by just 21 votes out of 413 cast. Paladin-Fernandez, a teacher at Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School,…...

1+ mon, 1+ 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, 3+ week ago   (1595+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] Eighteen attendees spoke at the Independent Community Policing Review Board’s Monday public hearing on Independent Policing Auditor Ameratu Kamara’s final investigative report on the in-custody death of Allan Tucker Jr. The Policing Review Board, which can…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (387+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] Ameratu Kamara, the city’s independent policing auditor, recommended changes to the Alexandria Police Department and suggested systemic reforms beyond APD in her investigative report on the in-custody death of Allan J. Tucker, Jr. The report is…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (631+ words) Reaching community consensus can be difficult anywhere these days. But it seems particularly difficult in Alexandria where controversial projects proliferate. The most recent was the “Braddock Road Corridor Improvements” project that City Council approved last month in a split 4-3 vote....

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (640+ words) Most Virginia gentry lived on vast estates, usually miles apart. This proved in most cases to be safer as British troops roamed more populated areas of the colonies. Husbands involved in the cause for liberty were often away – fighting in…...