"next to normal"

Local Park Recognized by National Group as Community Forest

n April and May Monticello Park in Alexandria is a stopover for migrating warblers, and the park fills with birders...

More Ways to Cool Off in Arlington

Cooling off

Holiday Goes On, But with Chickens

Arlington Food Assistance Center provides Thanksgiving chicken instead of the usual holiday turkey

Chickens

Need for Holiday Toy Donations Grows During COVID ACPD organizes 7th annual fill the cruiser toy drive

Toy Drive

Pig & Oysters & Twirling Around

What’s not to like at the Doorways barbecue?

Food

McLean Community Rallies to Help Save Mylo’s Grill

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Fire Station Number 8 Moving Forward

Fire station

Alexandria City Public Schools Serves 30,000 Meals Weekly to Children during Coronavirus

Five yellow school buses and two vans line up outside door 34 at T.C. Williams every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m. for meal deliveries to Alexandria children.

Local Park Hosts ASNV Conservation Event

ASNV

Election Day in Arlington

Election day

In the Kitchen in Arlington

Order Your Pierogies Early Before They Disappear

Food

Healing from the Inside Out in Alexandria

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Food for Everyone During Pandemic in Alexandria

ALIVE! serves as the City’s basic food resource for people in need through many programs targeting specific populations.

Ann Patterson, Food Program Director for ALIVE!, says that the first week after the pandemic was announced, they packed for 400 in their regular food distribution but 1,100 families showed up.