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Alexandria Home Sales: January, 2018

In January, 2018, 143 Alexandria homes sold between $3,125,000-$107,000.

Alexandria Home Sales: January, 2018

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Rebuilding Together Alexandria: m‘Mod’ification Squad Volunteers Help All Year Long

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Out on a Limb in Alexandria

Caring for Alexandria’s trees in winter.

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Alexandria to Launch Airbnb Registry, Adding $200,000 in New Tax Revenue

Airbnb to collect the taxes and forward money to city.

For the last few months, city officials have been working behind the scenes to create a registration system for people who rent out their homes through Airbnb. Now they’ve created the online database, and they’re about to launch a campaign to let all the home-sharing businesses know it’s time to register with the city and start paying taxes.

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Remembering a Piece of Alexandria Black History

Special recognition of George Washington Parker.

Special recognition of George Washington Parker.

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Holiday Door Decorating Contest Winners

Holiday Door Decorating Contest Winners

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Finding Local Treasures in Mount Vernon

Holiday shopping

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Trees vs. Power Lines

Competing for the same space.

Tree trimming

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The Last Diesel in Alexandria?

DASH opts away from electric for new clean diesel bus fleet.

Long term, the plan is to replace Alexandria’s DASH bus fleet with electric hybrid buses. In the meantime, DASH will use $13 million in prior year bus replacement funding to purchase 27 new clean diesel buses.

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Spotlight on Alexandria Businesses

Nothing small about Small Business Saturday.

50 independent stores throughout Old Town offered special deals and in-store activities for Small Business Saturday.

Alexandria Public Comment Kerfuffle Revisited

Procedural change reopens old City Council wound

Procedural change reignites old City Council public hearing discussion.

Alexandria Home Sales: October, 2017

In October, 2017, 217 Alexandria homes sold between $2,800,000-$125,000.

Alexandria Home Sales: October, 2017

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Aging Town Needs Housing

New senior care facility coming to Old Town.

Senior housing

New High School for Alexandria?

Discussion of overcrowding leads to new high school

Alexandria's School Board is beginning to look at the prospect of a second high school.