Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Support Students with Extreme Financial Need this Holiday Season.
With the holiday season upon us, gifts, giving and generosity are on everyone’s mind, even and especially in a year like no other.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Virginia’s Voters Should Decide
This letter is in response to the December 16, 2020 Alexandria Gazette article “Dropping Out of the Electoral College” about a bill before the General Assembly to have Virginia join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: We Need More Than 10% Affordable Housing
Thank you, Councilman Seifeldein, for standing up for making developers do more to provide affordable housing.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Slow Down on ADUs
The Alexandria Federation of Civic Associations (AFCA) is compelled to address policy being drafted by the Department of Planning and Zoning for City Council's consideration that will make accessory dwelling units (ADUs) a by-right use for single-family parcels.
Opinion: Column: Trip, and Hopefully Not a Fall
Having recently returned from a driving sojourn through the South, with stops and stays in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, visiting four sets of friends in those three states, I can say with certainty that wearing masks, social distancing and common sense consideration for your fellow citizen were not nearly so accepted as we had hoped.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Cutting Pollution for Our Health
Ella Kissi-Debrah had severe asthma, frequently visiting the ER with cardiac and respiratory arrest.
Opinion: Editorial: Merry Christmas
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
The pages of the Connection (including the Alexandria Gazette Packet, the Mount Vernon Gazette, the Potomac Almanac and the Centre View) are usually full of holiday spirit, beginning before Thanksgiving.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Not in Alexandria
Upon seeing the photo of the Alexandria Adult Detention Center on the front page of last week's Alexandria Gazette, one could assume something newsworthy had recently occurred at the jail.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: It’s Ingenious. Or Ingenuous?
The National Park Foundation honored U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) for his leadership in dedicating $9.5 billion to redress maintenance backlogs at our national parks.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Leave Christmas Decorations Up
Christmas decorations around Alexandria look especially beautiful this year, with so many families at home this month.
Opinion: Column: Three Strikes...
...and now I'm out – of the Handel's Messiah sweepstakes.
Opinion: Column: “Medican’t” Take It Anymore
The non-stop – or so it seems, television advertising letting all of us viewers know that the 2020 Medicare Open Enrollment window is about to slam shut is nearly over.
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Meaning of ‘Discover’?
Dino Drudi claims (letter, November 25th) that Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Western Hemisphere “galvanized Europe in a way that led to emigration, commerce, and colonization.”
Opinion: Commentary: True Impact of Alexandria’s Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend
This year will mark the first time in 50 years that the sound of bagpipes won’t be heard in the heart of old town Alexandria on the first Saturday in December.
Opinion: Commentary: Proposed Cuts to WMATA Would Be Devastating
Leaders must step up.
The reality of proposed cuts to our Metrorail and Metrobus service in the absence of a rescue package is now clear.