Alexandria News

The Del Ray Business Association officially welcomed Del Ray Cafe to the neighborhood Saturday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included visits from U.S. Rep.

Nearly 24 years ago, the lives of many American families changed forever thanks to one man: Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. The Libyan intelligence officer was the only person, so far, linked to being behind the bombingA Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec.

Warwick Pool is temporarily closed because of a power outage, the city announced Saturday morning.

There are a number of underpasses and a few of the areas are not exactly scenic, but it's an easy walk and gives a good opportunity to go for a long distance without a lot of street crossings.

A grand jury indicted Oakton dentist Hamada Makarita on Thursday for allegedly illegally distributing prescription medicine to patients, employees and girlfriends, among other charges.

This month, I spent five days in the Washington, D.C., area and for the first two days and the last two days, I did the usual touristy things walked the Mall, saw the White House and Capitol, toured the National Gallery and Newseum and had dinner in Alexandria, Va.

A Florida man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that swindled hundreds of victims out of $8 million.

The Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, VA has awarded the Gold Excel Award designation to the NMI Chapter for its scope of work achieved in 2011.

Alexandria will recognize Memorial Day with a ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial outside the Mount Vernon Recreation Center on Commonwealth Avenue.

Patch has found a variety of local events for you to choose from this Memorial Day weekend.A Where:A The Lyceum, Alexandria When: A Saturday, May 26 at 8 p.m. Why Go: A This one-woman show stars acclaimed actress Deborah Jean Templin as she portrays nine different women who sailed on the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage.A Light refreshments will be ... (more)

The State Corporation Commission has approved a settlement proposal between Washington Gas Light Co.

Jason Kallicragas, right, greets Cheryl Cooper Perez, a regional sales coordinator for Aflac, at a job fair last August in Indepen dence, Ohio.

Innovative storage company, Simple Storage, offers an easy and hands-off solution to this problem for Washington, DC metro area businesses looking for a way to get organized-and stay that way.

Fire crews in Reading had their hands full Thursday, as they battled a two-alarm fire that sent two firefighters to the hospital.

Members of City Council questioned the location of stations for Alexandria's Capital Bikeshare pilot program during Tuesday night's meeting at City Hall .

U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter.

Nearly 90 bicyclists stopped in Whitpain on their journey from Boston to Alexandria, VA on Wednesday afternoon.

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Alexandria, VA May 23, 2012 Today, TransVoyanta LLC announced the launch of GeoVigilancea 1.0, a location-based awareness platform designed to aid analysts, operators, first responders and warfighters with geospatial, temporal, contextual and preference decision support.

Memorial Day weekend celebrates the opening of pool season around the country in this northern hemisphere.