Thursday, December 13, 2012
Students at Alexandria City Public Schools will have weather-related make-up dates due to the super storm.
Hurricane Sandy spurred Alexandria City Public Schools to close on Oct. 29 and 30 and now students will have two make-up days. The days for traditional calendar schools will be made up on Feb. 1 and March 8 in accordance with the School Board-approved schedule of weather-related make-up days. The make-up days for modified calendar schools (Mount Vernon Community and Samuel Tucker elementaries) will be Feb. 1 and March 22. The days had been scheduled as student holidays and professional days for teachers.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website and tweet directly from there. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and tweeters can type in an …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
No one was injured in bomb discovery Monday.
Drew Cariaso got a special surprise from Hurricane Sandy. Sandy knocked down two large oak trees in Cariaso’s backyard on Roan Lane, in central Alexandria. Both were uprooted, said Cariaso, who is director of curating at Del Ray Artisans. “We thought nothing of it,” he said. “The tree people came out and took care of it, and once it was out, we noticed a small, heavy metal object sticking out of the ground.” Cariaso didn’t think anything about the 24-inch-long, cone-shaped object and threw it aside. On Monday, someone working on his house said it looked like a bomb. Cariaso called police, who quickly came to the scene. “(An officer) looked at it, and I was going to pick it up and say, ‘Here it is,’ and he freaked out and said, ‘Don’t touch…
Monday, November 5, 2012
Employees help out, and you can, too.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
It's been said it's far better to have a neighbor who's near, than a brother who's far away, but in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Americans across the nation have proven to be the best neighbors and the strongest of families. This past weekend, AOL and Patch employees took an opportunity to pitch in, packing two tractor trailers worth of food, water and supplies in Dulles and Baltimore. The donations are headed to Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas in New Jersey and Long Island. Want to join the relief efforts? Click here to donate: https://donate.networkforgood.org/aol "When a catastrophe of this size hits, we all feel it, both the hundreds of us who live in the impacted towns, and our colleagues who are watching and wishing they could help …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Kristen and Chris Gullott aim to send two trucks of supplies to Staten Island, N.Y.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
9 p.m. Sunday update — Kristen Gullott said the community "really came out" on Sunday with donations of supplies for Hurricane Sandy victims in Staten Island, N.Y. Gullott and her husband, Chris, filled a 26-foot truck with donated clothing and supplies and will start filling another one on Monday. Gullot said she will hold a second dropoff from 7:30 a.m. until "probably 4 p.m." Monday at Epiphany Productions, located at 104 E. Hume Avenue. They are no longer accepting clothing donations but still are seeking many items, especially: — — — — Del Ray couple Kristen and Chris Gullott will be collecting supplies for the Staten Island, N.Y., victims of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday. “[Staten Island] is the home to many, many police and firemen who…
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Here is how Northern Virginia residents' donations can aid victims in most affected areas.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Northern Virginia was largely spared from catastrophic damage from Superstorm Sandy, but residents in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other coastal areas were not so lucky. Patch has gathered some local resources if you want to help in relief efforts. Volunteers in New Jersey are being coordinated through an emergency response hotline, 1-800-JERSEY-7 (1-800-537-7397). Alternate numbers, for when the hotline isn’t staffed, include 609-775-5236 and 908-303-0471 or emails can be sent to Rowena.Madden@sos.state.nj.us. The New York City agency NYC Service is coordinating volunteers for various relief projects in New York City. Go to its Facebook page or email nycservice@cityhall.nyc.gov with your name and email address. The American Red …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Fewer than 2,000 Dominion customers in Northern Virginia remained without power Thursday morning.
Dominion Virginia Power this morning released a list of where crews will be working to restore power Thursday. The list is attached to this article as a pdf (available in the media box to the right). "Lists are based on early morning work plans for crews. However, needs often change during a major restoration and crews stay on the move. They may visit, leave and return to some locations, and may perform work at locations not shown on today's list," according to Dominion. The highest concentration of current outages are inside the Beltway. Dominion reported about 1,700 customers without power in Northern Virginia as of Wednesday night. The utility company is still on track to have everyone's power restored by Thursday night. Stay away from…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dominion Virginia Power is working at these spots today in the city of Alexandria.
Dominion Virginia Power crews are working today in the city of Alexandria to restore power to the 1,725 city residents left in the dark. Crews will be at the following locations:
Materials due back to Alexandria Library branches now will be due next week. All branches are open Wednesday.
The Alexandria Library system has announced that materials due back to a library branch this week will now be due next week. Materials originally due from Monday, Oct. 29 through Thursday, Nov. 1, now will be due on Monday, Nov. 5. All Alexandria public library branches are resuming normal hours on Wednesday, Oct. 31. For more information, see the Alexandria library website.
City's trash collection and recycling services on delayed schedule following Hurricane Sandy.
Alexandria is relaxing some of its requirements for the removal of tree debris until Nov. 13 following Hurricane Sandy. City crews will be collecting tree debris from the curb and public rights-of-way over the next week. Residents are asked to place debris on the curb in pieces that can be safely handled and to stay away from any tree limbs leaning on power lines. Downed wires should be reported to Dominion Virginia Power by dialing 1-866-366-4357. City trash collection and recycling services will resume Wednesday with a delayed scheduled. Regular Monday collection will occur on Wednesday this week, Tuesday’s collection on Thursday, Wednesday’s collection on Friday and Thursday’s collection on Saturday. Leaf collection services will resume…
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2:58 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
This is commonplace in Spring Valley across the river but I've never heard of this happening here. Interesting. more ›