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Alexandria News
Hundreds of Volunteers Flock to Place Wreaths at Alexandria National Cemetery
ALEXANDRIA, VA – “Wait Mom, this one has fallen down,” said 7-year old Teddy Turskey, as he pulled away from…
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Giving Back
Carpenter’s Shelter Raises Close to $100,000 at 20th Anniversary Cook-Off on Sunday, October 13
ALEXANDRIA VA – Sunday, October 13, marked the 20th Anniversary of the Carpenter’s Shelter Cook-Off. The Birchmere, Alexandria’s legendary music…
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Community News
Affordable Housing Champion Michele Irene (Taylor) Chapman, 69, Loses Battle with Pancreatic Cancer
“To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 ALEXANDRIA, VA – Michele…
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Zebra Misc
Living Legend Carolyn B. Lewis Made an Impact Helping Others
Alexandria, VA – Since her early days in Alexandria, Carolyn B. Lewis put her energy into improving the lives of…
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Community News
Photos: A Candlelight Vigil at Contrabands & Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
ALEXANDRIA,VA- What is the price of freedom? For more than 1,700 former enslaved African Americans buried in Alexandria, it meant…
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Alexandria’s African American History
Telling the Whole Story By Glenda C. Booth The white brick building at 315 Cameron Street was a thriving oyster…
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Community News
Alfred Street Baptist Church Awards Howard University $100K To Pay Off Student Tuition and Fee Balances
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, pastor of Alfred Street Baptist Church (ASBC) in Alexandria, Va., presented Howard University…
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Living Legends – Ethel Underwood By Jane Hess Collins
“Hang in there.” That, Living Legend and World War II veteran Colonel Ethel S. Underwood said with a laugh, is…
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