Alexandria News

What is the best thing you ever found inside an Easter egg? Chocolate? Jelly beans? Maybe a couple of quarters? None of that compares to what's inside the icy eggs served at Alexandria, Virginia's Jackson 20: booze.

For decades, Washington D.C. and its neighboring cities of Alexandria, Virginia and Bethesda, Md., have been hotbeds of the folk music scene.

Officer Peter Laboy is among a group of public safety personnel with the Alexandria Police Department, Fire Department and Sheriff's Office to be honored Thursday for heroic acts of valor.

This April 1, 2014 photo shows the ignition switch of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt in Alexandria, Va.

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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units responded to an outside fire Monday at approximately 5:30 p.m., in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County.

As the region makes a list of projects it hopes will become reality in the next decades, a conversation is beginning about adding toll lanes into Washington and elsewhere as well.

Both Republican Barbara Comstock, in the 10th district, and Democrat Don Beyer, in the 8th District, were far ahead of their opponents in raising funds for their respective contests to win party nominations.

Advocates for Fairfax County special education graduates gather at the public hearing on the budget on April 10. Photo by Janelle Germanos .

These were among incidents reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For information, call 703-838-4636 or visit www.alexandriava.gov/police .

Local Old Town Alexandria businesses - Zoe Boutique, Bishop Boutique, The Dog Park and Sugar House Day Spa and Salon - have combined forces to launch the inaugural Cobblestone Runway lookbook.

Celebrate National Park Week with a cleanup and celebration of Fort Hunt Park on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Alexandria.

The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria and Animal Control Officers responded to the following calls: Bat in the House: In the 1000 block of Bashford Lane, on April 1, officers responded to a report of a bat that had entered a residence and had physical contact with the occupant.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen suggested Tuesday that current regulatory rules might not be enough to prevent the kind of risk-taking that triggered the 2008 financial crisis and nearly toppled the entire banking system.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A brush fire in Alexandria spread and destroyed sheds on Monday evening, say Fairfax County Fire and Rescue officials.

Recognize the famous topper? Pharrell's hat is on exhibit this month in The Art League Gallery - well, an Andy Warhol-like interpretation of the now iconic hat is on exhibit.

American Association for the Advancement of Science needs scientists, engineers, mathematicians and physicians to assist K-12 STEM teachers.

Due to rainfall Tuesday afternoon, Fairfax County is predicting possible street flooding in some low-lying areas of the county.

Real estate geeks in the DMV got some small but noteworthy news last week. As reported by Daniel J. Sernovitz with The Washington Business Journal , Arlington-based Paradigm Development Co.

In a 714-lot, nine-hour marathon session, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates sold the entire Americana collection of the late John and Lil Palmer of Purcellville Virginia to a standing-room only crowd on April 5. The Palmers were tragically killed in a single-car accident last July.