More Fireworks coming to Old Town Alexandria this Weekend!With July 4th a few days behind us, you may have already gotten your fill of fireworks. Children of all ages enjoy "the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air" (well maybe it frightens the really young and the causes heart attacks in the really old, but you know what I mean). If you haven't yet enjoyed your share of fireworks, you are in luck. More fireworks are coming to Alexandria, Virginia. Rather than competing with the...Read Full Story
A Alexandria Symphony Presents Garrick Ohlsson discount coupon code is now available: This is your best chance to get tickets for Alexandria Symphony Presents Garrick Ohlsson and pay less. Now is the best time to order your tickets - while they are on sale and before they sell out! Buy your tickets today to see Alexandria Symphony Presents Garrick Ohlsson in Alexandria, VA!!Here are the Alexandria Symphony Presents Garrick Ohlsson details:For its season finale concert, the Alexandria...Read Full Story
This news video shows the aftermath of the New Year’s Eve church bombing in Alexandria, Egypt. There are interviews with survivors and witnesses, and accounts of the looting of Christian stores by a Muslim mob.
See the AINA post from early this morning for details about the bombing and the official response to it.
Many thanks to Vlad Tepes for YouTubing this video. Caution: although the footage in this video is not graphic, some of the images are intense:
The Alexandria Church Bombing: The...Read Full Story
What do some "Average Joe's" think about what happened in the terrorist attack on a Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt that killed over 20 people?In a follow-up to the article "al-Qaeda rings in 2011 with a mass murder of Christians in Egypt (Video)," I wanted to present some of the comments that viewers of the video had. It will come as no surprise that many expressed outrage for the terrorists and sympathy for the victims, while others made the claim that it was not the work of Muslim...Read Full Story
Egypt's general prosecutor on Monday opened probe on former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly's reported role in the New Year's Eve bombing of al-Qiddissin Church in Alexandria in which 24 people were killed, an Egyptian lawyer told Al Arabiya.
Laywer Ramzi Mamdouh said he had presented a proclamation to Egyptian prosecutor Abd al-Majid Mahmud to investigate news media reports suggesting that the former interior ministry had masterminded the deadly church attack with the intent to blame it on...Read Full Story
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a decision from the Alexandria Circuit Court about the use of a public alley in Old Town, but the case is not over yet. Justices in Richmond remanded the case back to the Alexandria court, which has yet ...
ALEXANDRIA BAY — The Alexandria Community Thrift Store and Food Pantry, located on Route 12 across from the 1000 Islands Bait Store, plans to construct an expanded facility later this year. Robert Stromwall, board president of the nonprofit ...
The General Assembly left town last week without restoring funds for a pregnancy prevention program for teens. But Alexandria managed to scrape together enough money to replenish its coffers.
The City Council approved spending $65,000 on the initiative that offers sex education and birth control to teenagers.
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Student appointed: Toni Cicardo of Alexandria was named to the Student Government Association Budget Committee at the University of Alabama. May 25, 1952 Road resurfaced: Five miles of State Route 278-D between Boyce and Hot Wells has been ...
The Alexandria Rotary Club hosted a Rotary Foundation International Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from Rotary District 1720 in France May 2-5. The GSE program is a unique, four-week educational travel experience for professionals focused on ...