One of our readers noticed these signs (see photo at left) that have been posted around the U.S. Patent Office in our neighborhood. The signs are located at entrances to all of the campus’s buildings advising workers and visitors to please use the revolving doors to save energy. The Green Lantern on Slate.com posted on how [...]
I saw the reports last night from various sources about how hard hit Alexandria was from last night’s storm. So, I rode around the north end of town this morning so see the damage for myself. I have to give the City a lot of credit for getting the downed street trees and power lines out of the [...]
These were among incidents recently reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For more information, call 703-838-4636. These incidents were reported in the July 29, 2010 edition of the Arlington/Alexandria Extra in the Washington Post. Incidents that are marked with an (*) asterisk and in bold letters are incidents that happened in our neighborhood or very [...]
Alexandria comes in as the 47th best place to live in the USA according to Money Magazine. Other cities in the Baltimore/Washington corridor made the cut as well, all higher ranked than Alexandria. The other local areas listed in Money were: Columbia/Ellicott City came in at number 2 Gaithersburg, MD at number 25 Centreville, VA [...]
The Alexandria Sanitation Authority (ASA) and the Hooff-Fagelson families, owners of blocks 29 & 30 in Carlyle, have reached an out‐of‐court settlement for the value of land taken by ASA in January of 2009 for expansion of the ASA waste water treatment facility. If the matter had gone to court, a jury would have evaluated [...]
These were among incidents reported recently by the Alexandria Police Department. For more information, call 703-838-4636. These incidents were reported in the June 24, 2010 edition of the Arlington/Alexandria extra. SEXUAL ASSAULTS EDISON ST. AND MARK DR., 12:39 p.m. A sexual assault was reported. HIGHVIEW LANE S., 1400 block, 5:10 a.m. June 13. A sexual [...]
For years, disabled drivers in Alexandria have been allowed to park for free on Alexandria’s streets as long as you display a placard from the DMV in your window or your license plates were appropriately marked. No more. You see, there has been parking fraud going on in Alexandria with folks using unauthorized placards that [...]
From the Washington Post’s Crime Scene blog: Several women have reported that a man has exposed himself to them as they walked along bike paths in the west end of Alexandria in recent weeks, and police are investigating whether the incidents are linked. It started March 16 around 5 p.m. when a woman walking on [...]
UPDATE: Added photo from Google Maps If you’re like me, when you are heading South down Route 1 toward Beacon Mall and you take North Kings Highway to avoid the traffic (and all the traffic signals) on Route 1, you may want to choose an alternate Route at least today (Monday). WUSA9 reports on a [...]
These were among incidents recently reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For more information, visit them online or call 703-838-4636. View more crime reports for Alexandria online at CrimeReports.com. These incidents listed below were reported in the June 10, 2010 issue of the Arlington/Alexandria Extra insert of the Washington Post. Incidents marked with an asterisk [...]
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Tuesday, Sep 7
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