School Board to vote May 7 on police agreement
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com
The Alexandria City School Board is scheduled to vote on a revised memorandum of understanding with the Alexandria Police Department...
Matt Liptak wins city’s America250 poster contest
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com
More than 200 posters created by community members to celebrate the semiquincentennial of the United States line the walls of...
Democrat Sandy Marks wins City Council seat
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com
Democrat Sandy Marks won the open seat on Alexandria's City Council in the Tuesday special election, according to unofficial election...
City Council cuts from Sheriff’s Office budget for jail study
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com
City Council approved a $200,000 one-time transfer from the Sheriff’s Office to fund a study to look for ways to...
Jim McGrath’s ‘The Boys of Ewald Park’ reflects on Alexandria childhood
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com
Backdropped by the clamor of families shopping at a farmers’ market and a saxophonist situated just outside Made in ALX...
April 2026 Voter Guide: All Candidate Answers
The Alexandria Times Voter Guide gives you everything you need to make an informed choice in the April 21 special election for the vacant City...
Real Talk: The ‘big five’ for buyers
By Micki MacNaughton, Jen Walker Team
When working with buyers, our first talk is about the “big five”: price, size, layout, location and condition. These...
Out of the Attic: The Alexandria Almshouse
In 1800, the City of Alexandria purchased a large tract of land outside city limits and built an almshouse at the current intersection of...
Learn how to stay safe from ticks this spring
By Tiffany Johnson-Wiggins
For the common Virginia tick, every meal begins with a dance.
After hatching, a young tick climbs to the highest “peak” it can...
Onstage, Alexandria: April 2026
By Mark Edelman
Spring is upon us in all its color and warmth. Great to be outside, I know – but let’s not forget all...
City Creatives Spring 2026 Profiles
Click below for our featured creatives in the April 2026 edition of our “City Creatives” special section.
Alison Sigethy, glasswork artist
Todd Key, photographer
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City Creatives: Barbara Januszkiewicz makes a colorful splash with her artwork
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com
For artist Barbara Januszkiewicz, life is about color.
Look no further than her color-driven paintings and sculptures to see just how...
City Creatives: Luis Navas-Reyes uses art to connect with Salvadoran roots
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com
Luis Navas-Reyes teaches studio art to Annandale high schoolers, coming up with all sorts of projects for the students. Between teaching...
City Creatives: Todd Key reconnected with photography after military service
By Ella Mitchell | emitchell@alextimes.com
Photographer Todd Key had a spread of photos, cameras and a half-finished coffee in front of him, ready to talk...
City Creatives: Alison Sigethy reimagines the natural world with her ‘Fantastical Glass’
By Sydney Kodama | skodama@alextimes.com
Alison Sigethy, always tinkering with sculptures as a child, did not think creating would become her career.
Despite her artistic childhood, Sigethy...
Kathy Jenkins, SSSAS lacrosse coach, notches 900th win
By Jim McGrath | jmcgrath@alextimes.com
There are coaching legends whose feats are known around the world, such as John Wooden, who led the UCLA Bruins...
Remembering a spring spent juggling seven sports
By Denise Dunbar | ddunbar@alextimes.com
Spring is great! The daffodils, the dogwoods, the warming days, yes – but also pollen, tornado warnings and plants that...
Longtime Episcopal coach elected to wrestling Hall of Fame
By Jim McGrath
In the fall of 1988, Steve Castle made his first appearance as a teacher at Episcopal High School. Hired to teach math...
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Poll of the Week
Protect our pedestrians
To the editor:
My wife and I were two steps into the crosswalk when a white sedan rolled through the opposite stop sign, driving...
A public ‘thank you’ to Fannon
To the editor:
As a longtime resident of Alexandria, one of the nation’s most beautiful historic cities, I want to publicly thank Frank Fannon...
Braddock needs its left-turn lanes
To the editor:
Braddock Road is one of Alexandria’s most important east-west corridors, and the proposed elimination of dedicated left-turn lanes at Russell Road...
Get involved with city boards and commissions
To the editor:
The City of Alexandria has a growing number of vacancies across its boards and commissions, and it is something more residents...
City failed in storm response
To the editor:
Enough with the excuses – and the lame attempt to invent new words – “snowcrete” – to explain away yet another...
My View with Heather Peeler: Working together to prevent evictions in Alexandria
By Heather Peeler
In Alexandria, nonprofits are fortunate to have a supportive community, as evidenced by the record-breaking generosity during last week’s Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving...
Neighbors helping neighbors: The heart of Spring2ACTion
By Brandi Yee
Spring2ACTion, Alexandria’s Giving Day, provides an opportunity for Alexandrians to come together and give back to the community we love.
Spring2ACTion, hosted by...
Commentary: An editor’s farewell
By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com
Goodbyes are difficult. Closing a chapter in one’s life is difficult.
I think this goodbye is tougher than anticipated because I...
Poor Robert’s Ruminations with Rob Whittle: The announcers
By Rob Whittle
If you’re a sports fan, then you surely have a favorite sportscaster or, equally, some that you cannot abide.
I asked a group...
