4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (175+ words) By Sydney Kodama | [email protected] Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Ed.D., who retired as superintendent of Alexandria Public Schools in August, has joined two new positions building on her experience as a superintendent, according to The Worthy Educator. Kay-Wyatt has joined the Virginia Department…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1485+ words) Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Even all of these years later, one thing many people remember, beyond the obvious tragedy, is how beautiful the day was. Rev. Oran Warder, who joined St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as rector in…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (801+ words) The Virginia Department of Education released the statewide SOL test results on Aug. 25, with ACPS’s scores incrementally increasing in all but one subject compared to last year’s, with reading increasing by 2.4%, history and social science by 15.2%, mathematics by 9% and science…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (976+ words) Members of Alexandria’s City Council support removing the Alexandria Police Department’s Flock Safety cameras from the city, they said in interviews with the Alexandria Times and during a Tuesday evening Council meeting, following a wave of nationwide backlash to the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (596+ words) By Grace Taylor, Ed.D. There is something powerful about the connections we make throughout our lives and how they shape where we ultimately land. As a student in Alexandria City Public Schools, I never imagined that one day I would…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (463+ words) By Jim McGrath | [email protected] The St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School field hockey team got off to an auspicious start, scoring three second-half goals to break a 2-2 halftime tie as the Saints defeated Trinity Christian 5-2 on Tuesday at the school’s Kelleher Field....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (311+ words) Friday is the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as Flight 93, whose passengers bravely prevented it from flying into the U.S. Capitol. Another emergency responder that day was Officer Francis Powers of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (537+ words) By Jim McGrath | [email protected] After navigating through a 1-8 campaign in 2025, coach Vashon Winton has the St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School football team on the right track to start this season. With a 28- 20 win over Christchurch on Sept. 5, the Saints are…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (348+ words) We have all witnessed the Alexandria City Public Schools redistricting and school-bus debacle. Parents, upset that their children no longer have a school bus and distrustful of walking to school, are often driving children to ACPS school, or in some…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (308+ words) April 26, 1935 – Aug. 18, 2026 John Bernard Murphy II died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Aug. 18 in Alexandria. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 26, 1935 to John Bernard Murphy and Mary Condon (Murphy) Burke. Bernard graduated from St. Mary’s University,…...