From WTOP.com: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority showed off its brand new $1.5 billion AeroTrain, which starts ferrying passengers between gates on Tuesday. “What we are doing is about the continued future of Dulles,” says Jim Bennett, head of the Authority. “The AeroTrain adds tremendous capacity to the airport in terms of being able to [...]
Have you ever wanted to go to National Harbor but didn’t want to take the water taxi over to National Harbor? Don’t want to make the drive over the bridge yourself to National Harbor? The folks at Gaylor National may have an answer to your questions. Recently, the folks at Gaylord National began offering van shuttle [...]
From the Associated Press (posted at WashingtonExaminer.com): The state Senate has again passed legislation to allow no-excuse, in-person absentee voting in Virginia. Monday’s vote on Sen. Janet Howell’s bill was 29-10. The Democrat-controlled Senate has passed similar legislation the last two years, only to see it thwarted by the Republican majority in the House of Delegates. [...]
Just a reminder to all of our faithful readers. With the new format of the website, we have incorporated a calendar into the website. If you’re looking for something to do around Alexandria, keep this page bookmarked: http://www.carlylecommunity.org/?page_id=534 We scour the web to find interesting community events, concerts, and other happenings in and around or [...]
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the Metropolitan area including Alexandria from 7 p.m. Sunday through Monday morning. A cold front is approaching the area this afternoon with heavy rainfall expected. Amounts in excess of 1 inch per hour, and total rain fall total of 2-3 inches of rain are [...]
Construction has begun (see photo below) on a five-story, 152 room Marriott Hotel on the last vacant lot of the Alexandria Tech Center site at 2950 Eisenhower Avenue. This site is located just across Telegraph Road on Eisenhower Ave. According to the SUP application, the Hotel will include 44 covered parking spaces on the ground [...]
As the Census gets underway, it’s important to remember these steps provided for you by the Better Business Bureau about how you can protect yourself from Identity theft during the Census taking. Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers… With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be [...]
Whole Foods Market, a leader in natural and organic foods, announced this week that its customers at 289 stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. have donated $1 million to several relief efforts in Haiti since January 14. “Whole Foods Market has seen first-hand the big hearts of its customers during difficult times like [...]
The Washington Post reports on a recent study in regards to traffic congestion. The study finds that D.C.’s own capital Beltway is the country’s third worst overall. One of the nation’s most studied and reviled roadways — the often creeping and crawling, sometimes deadly Capital Beltway — has been determined by yet another yardstick to [...]
We reported to you last week on the possible decision to bring ‘Hambali’ Isamuddin, the Al-Qaeda terrorist responsible for the 2002 bombing of a Bali night club to trial in Washington, DC. Turns out, the media and our sources may have been a little off. We are now hearing through sources at the U.S. Attorney’s [...]
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Tuesday, Sep 7
Partly Cloudy
Currently: 74˚F
Feels Like: 74˚ 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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