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By Brandi Yee Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day, provides an opportunity for Alexandrians to come together and give back to the community we love. The ACT team at the waterfront. (Courtesy…1 month ago
By Jim McGrath In the fall of 1988, Steve Castle made his first appearance as a teacher at Episcopal High School. Hired to teach math and science, Castle was armed…1 month ago
Want to read the April 2026 Voter Guide in full? Click here to be taken to all of the candidates’ responses. Age: 57 Occupation: Retired mortgage banker. Bio: I am…1 month ago
Want to read the April 2026 Voter Guide in full? Click here to be taken to all of the candidates’ responses. Age: 38 Occupation: Client services manager. Bio: I was…1 month ago
Want to read the April 2026 Voter Guide in full? Click here to be taken to all of the candidates’ responses. Age: 45 Occupation: Advocacy communications specialist, ACPS mom. Bio:…1 month ago
To the editor: The City of Alexandria has a growing number of vacancies across its boards and commissions, and it is something more residents should be paying attention to. These…1 month ago
To the editor: Enough with the excuses – and the lame attempt to invent new words – “snowcrete” – to explain away yet another failed snowstorm response. Now city officials…1 month ago
To the editor: In response to President Donald Trump’s desperation measure to get Republican states to gerrymander more Republican congressional districts, Democrats have tried to one-up him with their own…1 month ago
To the editor: I am a retired Army officer and a retired federal employee, so I cannot afford to pay for a large and expensive ad such as the one…1 month ago
To the editor: Alexandria’s City Council election is around the corner. I strongly feel that it will not serve the residents well if another cookie-cutter Democrat is elected to the…1 month ago
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com Growing up, John Harrington and his parents’ Super 8 film camera could hardly be separated. The young Alexandria native had “a bug for filmmaking” that…1 month ago
By Samantha Lambert-Williamson How can a simple email become a powerful connection? Look no further than your email inbox or your Zoom account. When I took over Senior Services of…1 month ago
By Peter B. Crouch and Kathryn Garcia-Crouch The boxes usually begin in the dining room. The good china is wrapped first. Bookshelves thin out slowly. A kitchen drawer still holds…1 month ago
In 2022, Alexandrians delivered soil representing the lives of lynching victims Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas to the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and met a remarkable woman, Jo Ann…1 month ago
By Alison Virginia O’Connell I decided to run for City Council after too many conversations that sounded the same. Tenants in the West End sharing they felt afraid to report…1 month ago
By Frank Fannon I am running for Alexandria City Council because I am deeply concerned about the direction our city is heading and believe it is time to bring experienced,…1 month ago
New Franconia Government Center Opens1 month ago
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION & CITY COUNCIL APRIL 7, 2026, 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 18, 2026, 9:30 AM CITY COUNCIL The items described below will be heard by the Planning…1 month ago
By Mark Edelman Spring is upon us in all its color and warmth. Great to be outside, I know – but let’s not forget all of the sparkling theater to…1 month ago
Click below for our featured creatives in the April 2026 edition of our “City Creatives” special section. Alison Sigethy, glasswork artist Todd Key, photographer Luis Navas-Reyes, printmaker Barbara Januszkiewicz, painter…1 month ago
By Denise Dunbar | ddunbar@alextimes.com Few cities can boast of a single leader who during their lifetime helped reshape the four main pillars – artistic, political, business and philanthropic –…1 month ago
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com Education Association of Alexandria members remain in the dark about whether the union’s $12.7 million tentative deal on wages and step increases with Alexandria City Public…1 month ago
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com For artist Barbara Januszkiewicz, life is about color. Look no further than her color-driven paintings and sculptures to see just how deeply that ethos drives…1 month ago
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com Luis Navas-Reyes teaches studio art to Annandale high schoolers, coming up with all sorts of projects for the students. Between teaching and pursuing his master’s degree,…1 month ago
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com Photographer Todd Key had a spread of photos, cameras and a half-finished coffee in front of him, ready to talk about his journey to the…1 month ago
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com Alison Sigethy, always tinkering with sculptures as a child, did not think creating would become her career. Despite her artistic childhood, Sigethy pursued other work for…1 month ago
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com Alexandria City Public Schools parent Jeremy Miller said he’s seen kids practice math on the weekend with his own eyes. “Part of that [attendance] is having…1 month ago
By Jim McGrath If you are an area prep school basketball fan and happened to tune into ESPN on March 31, you may have seen a familiar face. The national…1 month ago
By Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D. We often hear about the resilience and perseverance children in military families show through their frequent moves and family separations due to deployments. These are qualities…1 month ago
To the editor: As the Alexandria Times reports on Alexandria city and school budgets, and as the School Board considers its Memorandum of Understanding with the Alexandria Police Department, our…