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City Of Alexandria Awards Homeless Shelter Contracts To New Hope Housing, Carpenter’s Shelter

(Thursday) September 2, 2010

The City of Alexandria has awarded two contracts to local nonprofits to provide services to the homeless. New Hope Housing, Inc., an innovative, award-winning non-profit agency that has provided emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing in Northern Virginia since 1977, received a contract to operate the Alexandria Community Shelter on Mill Road.

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Former Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing At Least $342,000 From Company In Alexandria

(Thursday) September 2, 2010

Natosha P. Moore, 26, of Fort Washington, Md., pled guilty today to stealing at least $342,000 from her former employer based in Alexandria, Va.

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T. C.’s Transformation Begins

(Wednesday) September 1, 2010

Since June, new T. C. Williams High School Principal Suzanne Maxey has planned for the 2010-11 school year. With the opening of school less than a week away, she is ready for the students to return and looking forward to transforming the school from a Persistently Lowest Achieving school into a place where students achieve at the highest level and one where pride, school spirit and discipline are core values.

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Travelers Advised To Keep Abreast Of Weather Forecast Before Heading Out

(Tuesday) August 31, 2010

As they pack their bags for their last planned holiday weekend getaway of the summer, Washingtonians are keeping a wary eye on the eye of the hurricane and a tropical storm following in its path. Nearly 790,000 Washingtonians are planning to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Labor Day holiday weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic’s travel forecast.

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AAA predicts increased holiday traffic over 2009 (Courtesy photo)
AAA predicts increased holiday traffic over 2009 (Courtesy photo)

T.C. Football Has More Questions Than Answers

(Tuesday) August 31, 2010

The T.C. Williams football team enters this season with high hopes. The Titans are coming back from a 5-5 season, and came within one game of making the playoffs for the first time in 20 years. For this reason, optimism is common among coaches and players. However, the team still faces several key questions. Football coach Dennis Randolph was unresponsive to numerous attempts to contact him, but here are the five questions alexandrianews.org would have asked and will be watching for in the upcoming season.

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The T.C. football team scrimmages against Centreville. (Photo: James Cullum)
The T.C. football team scrimmages against Centreville. (Photo: James Cullum)

Jefferson-Houston Redevelopment Rewind

(Tuesday) August 31, 2010

For nearly a year, the Alexandria City Public School system and the Alexandria School Board have been considering a public/private partnership to pay for a new school on the Jefferson-Houston Elementary School site. On June 22, ACPS staff presented the concept to the Alexandria City Council, which directed ACPS to set up a series of community meetings to discuss the matter and provide additional information about the financing. On Sept. 13, the Alexandria School Board will hold the first community meeting to discuss the Jefferson-Houston project.

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Jefferson Houston Elementary School, 1501 Cameron Street. (Photo: James Cullum)
Jefferson Houston Elementary School, 1501 Cameron Street. (Photo: James Cullum)

Loan Broker Pleads Guilty To Mortgage Fraud

(Thursday) August 26, 2010

Matthew A. Kim, 39, of Alexandria, Va., pled guilty today to engaging in mortgage fraud as a loan broker for two local mortgage companies.

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NOVA Begins Year Bigger And Better Than Ever

(Thursday) August 26, 2010

Northern Virginia Community College is consistently ranked among the nation’s top community college systems. Recently, the weak economy and NOVA’s relationship with Virginia’s top universities has proved beneficial to the school.

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Part of the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. (Photo: James Cullum)
Part of the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. (Photo: James Cullum)

The $10 Miracle

(Tuesday) August 24, 2010

In six days, a college fund on Facebook.com has raised $19,425 for twin 18-year-olds.

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Stu Ellis, along with sisters Sarah and Rebecca Gaunt and their mother, Shirley Ann Parrot. (Courtesy Photo)
Stu Ellis, along with sisters Sarah and Rebecca Gaunt and their mother, Shirley Ann Parrot. (Courtesy Photo)

Oil Delivery Mistake Displaces Resident

(Tuesday) August 24, 2010

Firefighters responded to a report of home heating oil in a residence in the 1100 block of Colonial Avenue. A contractor making a delivery of home heating oil connected to an abandoned fill pipe at the wrong address.

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