Virginia travel, real estate & services

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (447+ words) As I write this, I’m coming off about 16 games of solitaire. Friends ask me how I can play this game so often since, unlike other online games, there’s no opponent. Ah, but there is an opponent, an imaginary one, that…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1096+ words) Revived plans to reconfigure portions of the Taylor Run stream have been temporarily delayed in response to ecological concerns, city officials said at a Monday evening meeting. The updated plans, which were unveiled following a 6-year standoff between environmentalists and…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1064+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] July 16 was one of the hottest days of the year in Northern Virginia. A nonprofit and a horde of volunteers seized the opportunity the extreme heat brought to work for change. The Faith Alliance for Climate…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (208+ words) In 2009, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum launched its Junior Docent program. The inaugural class had 15 students. One now works as a part-time Museum Educator for the Office of Historic Alexandria. The program has grown to 50 students this year, allowing the Junior Docents…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (474+ words) To the editor: The countless public comment sessions that I’ve sat through at hearings in Alexandria almost all have the same cynical hallmark. They are performative displays of Kabuki theatre disguised as community input. The sessions seem designed so city…...

2+ hour, 43+ min 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,…...

3+ hour, 14+ min ago   (604+ words) By Mary Ellen Rotondo Homeownership comes with two kinds of maintenance: the annual tasks that happen once a year and the seasonal ones that shift with the calendar. If you’ve lived in Alexandria for more than a year, you know…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (495+ words) Democratic candidates vying to unseat Rep. Don Beyer in Virginia’s 8th District have accused the state Democratic party of intervening in the contested primary election. The state party accidentally sent a text message backing Beyer, the six-term incumbent, to an unknown…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (687+ words) Alexandria is well known for its charming Old Town district, which began as a seaport on the Potomac River waterfront. Its preserved colonial-era architecture, brick sidewalks and maritime trade history dating to the 1600s make it the city’s historic heart and…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (317+ words) PORTSMOUTH — Felony assault charges are expected to be brought against two unidentified perpetrators who beat and severely injured a man on the Memorial Bridge in early June, according to city police. Police said the victim was walking out of Portsmouth…...