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Landowner could lose rights to build on property to another developer
- An Alexandria landowner who planned to build a high-end development on his 10-acre plot is now watching as a local agency considers handing his building rights to another site’s developer.
Man who rammed CIA gate pleads guilty to bomb threat
- A 30-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to making a bomb threat after he crashed his truck through a CIA headquarters gate in February.
Taxes set to rise in Alexandria
- The Alexandria City Council is expected Monday night to raise a slew of taxes on items ranging from meals and hotel stays to real estate.
Report: Alexandria Fire Department short of staff, equipment, funds
- The Alexandria Fire Department is critically short of staff and equipment and needs $5.5 million - which Alexandria is ill-equipped to spend - to bring it up to speed, a city-hired consultant has found.
Councilman asks for more action on 'dramatic' rat problem
- The residents of an Arlandria apartment complex are suffering from a long-standing rat problem so severe, they are reluctant let their children in their backyards.
Alexandria OKs Braddock Metro project
- The Alexandria City Council and the planning commission have approved a large-scale residential and retail development for a three-acre site that now houses a warehouse in the Braddock Metro station neighborhood.
- The Alexandria City Council and the planning commission have approved a large-scale residential and retail development for a three-acre site that now houses a warehouse in the Braddock Metro station neighborhood.
Violent crime in Alexandria tumbles by one-third, according to FBI figures
- Alexandria violent crime fell more than 32 percent in the first half of 2007, the FBI said Monday in its preliminary report on crime statistics.
Landmark may go upscale
- Plans to give Alexandria’s declining Landmark Mall a face-lift took a major step forward yesterday, part of the city’s plan to strengthen economic growth, city officials said.
- Plans to give Alexandria’s declining Landmark Mall a face-lift took a major step forward yesterday, part of the city’s plan to strengthen economic growth, city officials said.
Alexandria jail requests dogs to sniff out incoming drugs
- An outside review of Alexandria Detention Center procedures says the jail needs frequent sweeps with drug-sniffing dogs and greater vigilance searching letters.
Alexandria condo auction nets 30 sales at discounted prices
- Developer Mid-City Urban, which staged one of the area’s first new condo auctions in years last weekend, sold all 30 of its available Alexandria units for an average of 7.5 to 11.5 percent below the asking price, the auction company said.
Older teens, Hispanics drive pregnancies
- A sharp rise in pregnancies among Alexandria’s Hispanic teenagers is thwarting the city’s efforts to reduce what has consistently been one of the worst teen pregnancy rates in Northern Virginia.
- A sharp rise in pregnancies among Alexandria’s Hispanic teenagers is thwarting the city’s efforts to reduce what has consistently been one of the worst teen pregnancy rates in Northern Virginia.
Alexandria faces stark budget choices
- The bad news just keeps coming for Alexandria elected officials who learned this weekend the city will face a $10 million operating deficit in fiscal 2009 unless they make some tough financial choices.
Alexandria approves loan for public housing agency
- The Alexandria City Council approved a $5.6 million loan to its public housing agency Tuesday with an agreement giving the city closer oversight of the agency.
- The Alexandria City Council approved a $5.6 million loan to its public housing agency Tuesday with an agreement giving the city closer oversight of the agency.
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