Alexandria Planning Commission OKs proposal to raze market to build a four-townhome development named after Kate Middleton.
The Virginia Republican Party will nominate candidates during a convention in two weeks, and some experts have weighed in on the system.
The operations board approved a 4 percent fare increase.
Lee Center event will include a discussion of mental health first aid services for children.
Tuesday, April 30, is the third community meeting.
Drivers on King Street headed toward the water can no longer make a left turn onto Union Street.
Forms can be downloaded from city website.
There will be a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor and attorney general June 11. Absentee voting for Alexandria residents begins April 26.
Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, will now be able to purchase select foods at the farmer's market.
Following the Boston Marathon bombing attacks this week, the City of Alexandria and race organizers have increased police presence and will close a number of roads. Trashcans will be sealed.
Longtime Virginia congressman moving back to Del Ray, the same neighborhood where he launched his political career more than 30 years ago.
Members say they want to keep pool open through at least summer 2013, but creation of a new competition-size pool seen as priority in Alexandria's aquatics master plan.
City Council this week will consider raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes to the highest tax rate in the state.
Del. Rob Krupicka kicked off his re-election campaign in March.
The Virginia Department of Transportation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon.
Rep. Jim Moran will be the event's guest speaker.
Meet with Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg Saturday morning about whatever is concerning you.
The former City Council candidate has joined the Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities, which will investigate the impact of sequestration on Virginia.
The project at two sites by Four Mile Run in Alexandria will be held April 6.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows residents are divided and still learning about Terry McAuliffe, Ken Cuccinelli.
The governor's amended transportation bill should eliminate the fee on hybrid cars, according to some Northern Virginia legislators.
A public hearing on the proposed changes will be held Thursday.
Del. Scott Surovell (D-44th District) and Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th District) will deliver a petition to Virginia's governor Monday from residents who want to repeal the hybrid vehicle tax.
Council's Saturday action on two amendments enables further implementation of the city's Waterfront Small Area Plan designed to revive the riverside.
Bus purchases, station improvements and plans to replace Metro's farecard system likely to be delayed as agency receives $8 million reduction in federal funding.
One parking space will be removed to construct four bicycle racks.
Metro officials say bus rapid transitway could move more people quicker, boost bus ridership and potentially reduce vehicle traffic.
Shopkeepers say they are already feeling the squeeze related to federal cuts.
Planning Commission and then City Council are expected to address changes to zoning law that critics say could affect citizens' rights across the city.
Carr Hospitality to build 109-room boutique lodge near King Street Metro Station.
The city's general manager said he considered a projected $30.5 million budget shortfall in this fiscal year 2014 plan.
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., secured approximately $250,000 in earmarks from the federal goverment in fiscal 2005 to refurbish the basement and create a museum in what was once the largest slave-trading firm in America.
Sequestration could affect every traveler at airports nationwide, say U.S. Reps. Jim Moran, Gerry Connolly and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine speaking from Reagan National Airport Monday.
Service industry firms like dog walking and dog day care businesses say pay cuts and furloughs will hurt their small firms.
Vienna-area Sen. Janet Howell calls compromise — expected to raise $880 million a year for roads and mass transit —"truly the best we're going to get."
How would you spend a mandatory, unpaid day off per week?
The state Senate is expected to vote on it Tuesday, while a related measure to amend the state Constitution is likely dead for at least a year.
Governor sends letter to president, congressional delegation.
The lottery for the 2013 White House Easter Egg Roll, in its 135th year, opens Feb. 21.
City Manager Rashad Young, at the request of City Council, introduces new zoning amendment that if passed will allow city to "get beyond litigation."