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1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (464+ words) Marc Verdi, CPA/PFS, CFP® July 22, 2026 0 The Tax Rules Changed Again. Is Your Plan Keeping Up? Tax law changed meaningfully in 2017, and again in 2025 with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The headlines covered the basics. What they covered less…...

13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (48+ words) Neighbors near the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant may notice an increase in emergency vehicles in the area, but there's no need for alarm. Neighbors near the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant may notice an increase in emergency vehicles in…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (767+ words) NEWPORT, Ky. — Adult entertainment clubs the Brass Bull and Brass Ass, along with Huddle’s Cafe in Newport, are permanently closing as the city moves forward with a $3.8 million purchase of the properties. The deal is part of a downtown redevelopment…...

9+ hour, 7+ 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…...

8+ hour, 32+ 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…...

8+ hour, 24+ 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…...

9+ hour, 9+ 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…...

9+ hour, 6+ 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…...

8+ hour, 41+ 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,…...

9+ hour, 12+ 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…...