Alexandria News

"A Christmas Story" turns 30 this year and there are few things from the 1980s that say Christmas like the "fragilA©" display of a lamp in the shape of a woman's leg with a frilly lampshade on top.

By Mary Ann Barton Ready for Hillary , the SuperPAC gathering support for a potential run for president by Hillary Clinton, will gather Thursday in DC for a kickoff event for DC-area supporters.

Swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy got in the Christmas spirit a little early this year.

Three University of Central Florida professors who hold a combined 104 patents are being recognized by the National Academy of Inventors for their prolific innovation.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Research advances that have come to fruition over the past year demonstrate extraordinary progress in the fight against cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology .

G8 Capital is on track to exceed $100 million in commercial loan acquisitions in 2013.

Grammy Award winning musician Rick Springfield is scheduled to play a solo, stripped down and intimate show at the sold out Birchmere Music Hall on Thursday, December 12, 2013.

As of 10:15 a.m. Monday, Dominion Virginia Power reported 65,057 customers across Northern Virginia without power.

The storm that coated parts of Texas in ice struck with unexpected force Sunday on the East Coast, blanketing some spots in a foot of snow, grinding highways to a halt, causing power outages, and closing schools or delaying start times.

Del Ray Citizens Association meeting - Alexandria City Councilman Justin Wilson will discuss early efforts to bring new broadband options and Comcast alternatives to Alexandria and Del.

Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook said Wednesday detectives continue to actively investigate the 2003 murder of Nancy Dunning a decade after it occurred, though there remain no viable suspects in the case.

Book Review: "The Lizard King was Here, the Life and Times of Jim Morrison in Alexandria, Virginia," by Mark Opsasnick Lobo's sermon clarified the notion that Jim Morrison, for all the poetry he created, the celebrity he endured, and the mystery he embraced, had spent formative years in Alexandria, a largely overlooked period of time of which only ... (more)

Animal Control officers in Alexandria deal with a variety of calls every week. Here's a glance at some recent incidents in the city courtesy of Patrick Egan of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria .

Established in 1940, Dominion Electric Supply Company now operates eight branches and three lighting showrooms in the Baltimore Washington Metro Area.

Renee in Alexandria, Va., has a very timely question. She writes: "I've got lettuce, spinach and kale still doing nicely in my garden, but I've never grown them before in the fall.

The Society for Human Resource Management will open its first state advocacy and membership engagement office in Sacramento early next year.

SOUTH Africans will have 10 days of mourning before Nelson Mandela's funeral as thousands continue to pay tribute to 'the father of the nation'.

Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening somewhere in the area.

The weekend is here, and the holidays are coming! Whether you're looking for shopping opportunities, Christmas open houses, a bit of holiday music or a chance to see the Nutcracker -- it's all available in the Greater Alexandria area.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department 4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687 Duty PIO : 703-877-3702 fire-rescue.PA-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov News Release 13-133 Date: December 06, 2013 Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department fire investigators charged Scottie Alton Reina, 41, of the 6400 ... (more)