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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Just Listed: Homes For Sale in Alexandria's West End This Week
Find homes for sale in West End Alexandria and surrounding Alexandria neighborhoods on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.
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Tax-Free Hurricane Supplies: Get What You Need for a Natural Disaster
Virginia's hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday begins Saturday.
Virginia is offering a sales-tax holiday on certain goods that can be used during natural disasters such as hurricanes. Virginia’s hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday runs Saturday, May 25 through Friday, May 31. The holiday exempts 22 categories of smaller items, including batteries, flashlights, bottled water, tarps, duct tape, cell-phone chargers, smoke detectors, and first aid kits. As long as each item costs $60 or less, it is exempt from sales and use tax. Portable generators and inverters priced at $1,000 or less are also exempt during the holiday. For a full list of tax-exempt products, answers to frequently asked questions, and guidelines for consumers and retailers, visit www.tax.virginia.gov. More on the 2013 hurricane …
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Weird News: Cicadas (Or Not), Naked Strolls, Crows in Closets and Kitty Litter in The Pool
Plus, we tell you where NOT to find your next lawnmower.
Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening somewhere in the area. Here's a look back at some weird goings on over the past week. Cicadas Everywhere (Or Not): A line has been drawn, and it isn't residents rejecting the D.C. metro label — it's cicadas that have decided they'd rather avoid the congestion inside the Beltway. We've been anxiously anticipating a crazy spring of buzzing cicadas crawling everywhere. Now, some of us are finding the big bugs crawling out of holes and up trees in Fredericksburg, Woodbridge and lower Fairfax County, but others haven't seen any of this year's brood. Enjoying the Breeze: Manassas City Police have a description of a suspect in …
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Competency Hearing Granted for Suspect in Laboy Shooting
Defense attorneys claim Kashif Bashir suffers from auditory hallucinations.
The man accused of shooting Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy will face a mental competency hearing after a judge granted a defense motion Friday, according to NBC Washington. Kashif Bashir, 27, is facing one count of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, one count of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The cab driver was indicted by an Alexandria Circuit Court grand jury Monday. • See: Suspect in Laboy Shooting Indicted by Grand Jury Bashir's defense attorneys said Friday that he suffers from auditory hallucinations and believes that people involved in his case are speaking to him telepathically, according to NBC Washington. According to the report: During …
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Lynhaven Shooting Suspect Not Considered a Flight Risk
Investigation continues into the homicide of 22-year-old Julian Dawkins.
The off-duty Arlington County sheriff’s deputy who police say was involved in the homicide of 22-year-old Julian Dawkins early Wednesday in Alexandria’s Lynhaven neighborhood is not being held in custody because he is not considered a flight risk by authorities, according to WUSA9. • See: Dawkins' Death Ruled a Homicide Dawkins was shot following an early morning confrontation with Sheriff’s Deputy Craig Patterson, police said. Dawkins died after being transported to the hospital. No charges have been filed against Patterson, an Alexandria resident and 17-year veteran of Arlington’s sheriff’s office. He's currently on administrative leave. • See: Alexandria Police ID Victim in Lynhaven Shooting Police told The Washington Post Patterson …
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Mellisa Cont
1:40 am on Sunday, May 26, 2013
Justice needs to be served in this case! This officer was completely wrong and needs to be held without bond. He is a danger to the community. A 17 year vertern of the court conducting himself in this manner, shame! He acted like he was in the wild west or something. For that matter, this was a 22 year old neighbood kid that was apparntly trying to get in his aunts house away from him. He caught … more ›
Memorial Day Weekend: Where to Go Swimming In and Around Alexandria
Several swimming pools in Alexandria open this weekend.
If you plan to live the life aquatic this summer, get ready to dive in. The traditional kick-off to the summer swim season is upon us. Even though the weather forecast calls for it to be hovering around 70 degrees Monday, Memorial Day, the holiday weekend is a traditional kick-off to the pool season. Here's a rundown of pools in and around Alexandria: City of Alexandria Old Town Pool: 1609 Cameron St. in Alexandria. The pool opens for the season Saturday, May 25 and will be open Saturday and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. The pool will be open Monday, Memorial Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The pool will only be open on weekends until June 23; after that it will be open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and noon to 7 p.m. on the weekends. On the 4th …
City of Alexandria Schedule for Memorial Day
City government will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day
All Alexandria City government offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The following information was provided by the City of Alexandria: Health Facilities — The Alexandria Health Department (4480 King St.), the Flora Krause Casey Health Center (1200 N. Howard St.) and the Teen Wellness Center at T.C. Williams High School (3330 King St.) will be closed Monday. Hotlines — All emergency hotlines operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including the child protective services hotline, 703-746-5800, the domestic violence hotline,703-746-4911, the emergency services for mental health or substance abuse crisis hotline, 703-746-3401, and the sexual assault hotline, 703-683-7273. Libraries — All …
Speak Out: Boy Scouts of America Accept Gay Youths
One of the nation's largest youth organizations votes to begin accepting openly gay kids and teens as members.
More than 60 percent of the Boy Scouts of America’s voting members agreed to lift the ban on admitting openly gay kids and teens into scout troops beginning Jan. 1, 2014. But the move prompted some organizations to say they would pull their sponsorships of packs and troops while LGBT activitists said the policy change should go further by allowing gay adults to take on leadership roles. The Thursday vote did not address allowing gay scout leaders. It only addressed admitting gay youth. Some conservative churches and parents said the scouts were violating an oath to be "morally straight." The leader of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington issued a statement saying the vote would likely force the diocese to reconsider sponsoring troops in about…
Kim Moore
12:46 am on Sunday, May 26, 2013
This must be the BSA's attempt to "split the baby." Maybe the organization is kicking the can down the road so that future National Councils will have to deal with the idea of gay adults being involved in leadership. It is so wrong to tell a scout that they can achieve all of the highest honors in scouting, yet if they grow to become gay parents, their service and dedication no longer is … more ›
Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Metro Delays, Track Work
Memorial Day weekend track work will impact riders on the Red and Orange lines starting at 10 p.m. Friday and continuing through system closing Monday night.
Metro will perform system rebuilding work on two lines in the system for Memorial Day weekend May 24-27 on the Red and Orange lines. Metro has not scheduled work on the Blue, Yellow or Green lines. Weekend track work will result in service changes on Red and Orange lines beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and lasting through system closing Monday night. According to a Metro news release: Red Line - 10 p.m. Fri., May 24 through closing Mon., May 27 Orange Line - 10 p.m. Fri., May 24 through closing Mon., May 27
Anita Bath
1:39 pm on Saturday, May 25, 2013
....are you referring to the naked man? more ›