Mac Slover will retire on June 29 from the Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities after 30 years of service.

The City of Alexandria and its Eco-City initiative ranked sixth on a list of 131 cities working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In recognition of World Refugee Day, the International Rescue Committee released a new report, (Un)welcome: the state of refugee resettlement in America. The report includes a public opinion poll, a domestic impacts survey, and international impact analysis.

This fall, 561 students from T. C. Williams High School will be heading off to college, several of whom will be going to some of the top colleges in the United States.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage point in May to 3.2 percent and was down 0.6 percentage point from a year ago. May’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.2 percent is the lowest rate since the October 2007 rate of 3.2 percent.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army will be sending a proposed “Step 2” rule that would redefine “waters of the United States” to the Office of Management and Budget for interagency review. The agencies will issue the proposal for public comment after the interagency review process is complete.

Little Theatre of Alexandria has chosen a remarkable show for this time in history. On stage, political strife in pre-WWII Manhattan is heating up between the Communists and the Conservatives as a culture war is brewing, and Decency police are raiding burlesque houses and rounding up “deviants” who don’t comport with their idea of morality.

Governor Northam announced today that the follow-up to Warner Bros. Pictures and DC’s hugely successful Wonder Woman, titled Wonder Woman 1984, will film for several weeks in the Alexandria area this summer.

Consumers are spending $69 more a month to fill-up compared to last summer, according to AAA. Gasoline expenses are accounting, on average, for seven percent of an American’s 2018 annual income, a one and half percent increase since the summer of 2017.

Recent heavy rains have not kept the steadfast crew from making progress on the new Patrick Henry School and Recreation Center — and neither will the impending summer heat. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the start of construction at the Patrick Henry site.