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Alexandria primary winners include incumbents, former councilmembers

Two former members of the Alexandria City Council and two incumbents are among the six winners of the Democratic primary for spots on the council, according to unofficial election results.

Tags: Alexandria City Council, primary

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Alexandria pet laws limit number of dogs and cats

How many pets are too many? In Alexandria, there's a legal limit to the number of pets residents can have.

Tags: animal, limit, animal control officer, pet

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Alexandria mayor rebuffs criticism of waterfront plan

Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille is one of the strongest supporters of a plan that would increase allowable density at three sites along the waterfront. He dismisses criticism that the plan is a threat to the health of the Potomac River.

Tags: waterfront

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Alexandria Council approves redevelopment plan

The Alexandria City Council has approved a far-reaching plan to redevelop the Beauregard area.

Tags: The Washington Post, Alexandria City Council, Beauregard

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Northern Virginia wrestles with streetcar line ideas

It's a tale of two cities involving a streetcar line. Some say it's a game of chicken between Arlington and Alexandria. Others say they can come together over Four Mile Run.

Tags: streetcars, Arlington, Potomac Yard Metro

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4 Va. cities recognized for promoting play

Four Virginia cities have been recognized for encouraging children to play.

Tags: Danville, play, Norfolk, The Alexandria Childhood Obesity Network,

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Former Rep. Jefferson to serve sentence in 2 weeks

A former Louisiana congressman who infamously was caught with $90,000 in cash hidden in his freezer will have to begin serving a 13-year bribery sentence within the next two weeks, a judge ruled Friday.

Tags: hearing, Louisiana Congressman, William Jefferson, cash, freezer

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Suspect in murder of Alexandria activist held without bond

Lenny Harris might have lived if he hadn't recognized one of the men robbing him, according to one of the three men arrested in his murder.

Tags: Lenny Harris, Linwood Johnson, Tyrone Lewis, Ivan Newman, pandora, activist

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Man breaks into Va. 82-year-old's bedroom, steals phone, Firebird

The woman, who has not been identified by police, was sitting in her bedroom in the 8000 block of Russell Road near Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria last Sunday evening. She got up from her bed where she was watching TV after she heard one of her windows smash out.

Tags: Pontiac Firebird, fairfax county police department

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Thousands attend Alexandria paramedic's funeral

Emergency responders from around the country are in Alexandria for the funeral of Joshua Weissman who died a day after falling from Interstate 395 into Four Mile Run Creek. Schools in Alexandria dismissed early Thursday because of the traffic impact.

Tags: funeral, paramedic, Joshua Weissman, road closures, early school dismissals

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