Looking for an inexpensive/yet fun way to spend your Saturday? Do you like watching football and are suffering from withdrawal until training camp begins in July? Then consider coming out this weekend to support the Alexandria Rugby team in their Mayor’s Cup Rugby Challenge match against a team from our sister city of Dundee, Scotland. [...]
We had mentioned back in April that Alexandria’s DASH bus service was considering cuts in service. One of the proposals for elimination was to eliminate service the AT-7 service to and from the Lee Center. Since then, the City Council has restored $200,000 of the transit subsidy reduction for DASH. As a result of this [...]
Carla Branch over at AlexandriaNews.org has the scoop on Verizon FIOS service in Alexandria. In what should be welcome news to many in not only Carlyle but in Alexandria as a whole, this past Tuesday night, the Alexandria City Council took a major step toward allowing Verizon FIOS service to Alexandria (can I get a [...]
Additional Ramp Closure From Outer Loop (I-95/495 Northbound) to Telegraph Road South Scheduled from Friday night into Saturday Morning to Open New Elevated Ramps As part of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project, Telegraph Road Interchange construction will cause traffic delays when the Capital Beltway (Interstate 95/495) Inner Loop Thru and Local Lanes are reduced to [...]
I know the park is about 5 months late. But, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. The contractor has pretty much finished the work they were doing around the stage area. They have also filled in the bare areas at the back of the stage with new dirt and [...]
As we told you in an earlier post, Frizzles Beauty Salon is now open on John Carlyle Street in our neighborhood. This is the second Frizzles Salon in the area and it is conveniently located at 534 John Carlyle Street. The Frizzles Beauty Salon offers a variety of treatments for the body and spirit, such [...]
Froots, the fresh smoothies, salads and wraps restaurant is coming soon to the Carlyle area. It is going in next to the Uptown Cleaners and the Uptown Market at 2261 Eisenhower Ave. The store, which is very similar to Robeks (which I enjoy), bills itself as not just a quick service restaurant but a healthy food [...]
In appreciation for their customers support of the environment by using reusable bags, the Whole Foods Market in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia has a pretty neat campaign going on right now. Normally, they’ll give you a $.05 cent refund on your order if you use a reusable bag. Now, in place of the $.05 cent [...]
We first posted this last year and thought it would be great to share with you again this year. For Memorial Day last year, the Washington Post reported that cemeteries, struggling to keep up with droves of veterans and soldiers now dying, couldn’t find enough trumpet players for the final honors. Some resorted to blasting [...]
If you’re like me, and not like our Representative James Moran, who relishes the idea that the detainees could and should be moved to Alexandria (specifically Carlyle), you are very concerned for security reasons whether or not they will be tried at the Courthouse in Carlyle. Well, recently, we’ve gotten some very interesting news concerning [...]
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Tuesday, Sep 7
Partly Cloudy
Currently: 79˚F
Feels Like: 79˚ F
Hi: 92˚, Lo: 71˚
Tonight: 71˚
Sunset: 7:29 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Wednesday, Sep 8
Hi: 91˚, Lo: 65˚
Thursday, Sep 9
Hi: 80˚, Lo: 62˚
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