This story was updated at 7:57 a.m. with news of a two-hour early dismissal for ACPS.
I caught them last year at Newport Folk and was witness to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sORb...
How about Goose?
The 77-degree reading at 1 a.m. was also the warmest temperature ever recorded on a day with accumulating snow in Washington.
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Power is back.
A few more from the power outage in Old Town.
wires down in the street and damaged on the poles (No I did not go near them, I have a decent telephoto lens).
The faint mist/fog is smoke or some other discharge from the transformer explosion
Crews are working fast. Approximately 2,000 customers have already had their service restored.
Reminder - If a signal is dark, treat the intersection as a 4-way stop.
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I think when you’re trying attract commercial into the city to balance out the tax base and fill empty space, saying we’re going to tax more has to be a very strategic play and part of a long game. We’ll see.
A commercial real estate tax is a legitimate tool, but the timing question is real.
The revenue from that could also only be used for transportation purposes.
Worth noting that Alexandria's commercial office vacancy rate hit 21.6% in 2025 — up from 15% in 2023 — and the Brookings DMV Monitor data presented to council Tuesday showed commercial occupancy down 3.59 percentage points, steepest among tracked DMV counties.
Ever really want to know how the city you call home works? Jump on the budget bus and tune in for the hearings. You'll learn so much about each department, how your tax dollars are spent, and most importantly - about the people doing some life-changing work every day in your community.
Residential and commercial real estate properties are generally subject to the same tax rate. So, I'm sure it's a process to change the unified rate and nothing that can be done by April 29.
I don't think any of this is as easy as described here.
Wouldn’t that have to go through a CBA?
This is why I save audio of every single meeting
Just relisted, it was 127
Gonna recheck number
Sheriff Sean Casey spent 36 minutes before City Council Tuesday night answering detailed questions — while dozens of ICE Out of Alexandria protesters filled the chambers holding signs calling for an end to ICE transfers.
You can watch the meeting live here - apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Det...
You can read more about tonight's work session here - www.alexandriabrief.com/council-revi...
Tuned in for Alexandria City Council's third FY 2027 budget work session. Tonight is focused on the Safe, Secure & Just functional area — the city's $221,093,167 portfolio of public safety and justice departments.
Alexandria City Council's vote last night sets a ceiling — the actual rate won't be adopted until April 29, and the council can adopt any rate at or below what it advertised.
Council has held the real estate tax rate at $1.135 for the past 2 years.
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"If you take away one key fact from this presentation," researcher Tracy Hadden Loh told City Council on Tuesday, "I would ask that it be that the counties of Northern Virginia and the city of Alexandria produce almost 50% of the state of Virginia's GDP."
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Alexandria City Council holds its third FY 2027 budget work session tonight, focused on the Safe, Secure & Just functional area — the city's $221,093,167 portfolio of public safety and justice departments.
www.alexandriabrief.com/council-revi...
Decided to delete my original post here, turns out pointing out misinformation, also spreads it and it was only adding to the confusion.
Residents are trying to understand a consequential budget process and they deserve accurate information.
