December 31, 2015 - Alexandria Times

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Vol. 11, No. 53 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
December 31, 2015
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Our View
2015
As the year winds to a close and we prepare
to jump into 2016, it’s time to take a look back at
what transpired in Alexandria during the past 12
months. In this, our annual year-end review issue,
the pages that follow contain summaries of the
top news stories as well as photos from 2015.
When we review the year in total, three
themes emerge: transitions, closure and competence.
The year’s biggest news story is also the city’s
biggest change. Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg
will take the reins as Alexandria’s mayor on January 4 after defeating four-term incumbent Bill
Euille twice in 2015. She first earned a close victory over Euille and former Mayor Kerry Donley in the June Democratic primary. Euille then
launched a divisive write-in campaign, during
which he had to resign from the city’s Democratic
Party. The effort fell well short in the November
general election, as Silberberg triumphed by 26
percentage points.
Another significant transition occurred in
April, when City Council removed the “acting” moniker from Mark Jinks’ title and made
him the permanent city manager. Jinks had an
impressive three-month tenure as acting head,
including a balanced budget that did not raise
the property tax rate.
There was closure in November when a Fairfax County jury found Charles Severance guilty
of all 10 charges brought against him for the murders of Nancy Dunning, Ronald Kirby and Ruthanne Lodato. While the conviction cannot erase
the losses suffered by family and friends of the
slain Alexandrians, hopefully the knowledge that
Severance will spend the rest of his life behind
bars offers some measure of consolation.
A different kind of closure also took place in
2015, as a number of prominent Alexandrians retired or closed their businesses. St. Elmo’s Coffee
Pub founder Nora Partlow, one of the leaders of
the Del Ray business community, sold her iconic
establishment and retired. Suzanne Maxey, beloved principal of T.C. Williams High School,
retired in June at the end of the 2014-2015 school
year. And longtime proprietors Joe Johnson, Barbara Mancini and Mark and Laura Abraham re-
tired and closed Bradlee Shoe Repair, Mancini’s
Cafe and Bakery, and Monroe’s, respectively. In
June, officer Peter LaBoy, who made a miraculous recovery after being shot in the head in 2013,
retired from the Alexandria Police Department.
There are numerous kudos to be handed out
under the competence banner. Foremost is the
city’s police department, along with Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter, for their work
over many long years on the Severance case.
They also deserve recognition for their work in
the case involving Dawit Seyoum, from whom
they accepted a not guilty plea by reason of insanity this month in the murder of Carolyn Cross,
following two deadlocked juries.
We hope city police continue their good work
in 2016 and are able to identify the perpetrators of
the city’s four homicides from this year, the last
two of which have especially unnerved residents
because of their brutality and the as-yet unconfirmed possibility of gang involvement.
Also worthy of praise are Alexandria City
Public Schools Superintendent Alvin Crawley
and the city school board for the tremendous,
across-the-board improvements made this year
on state standardized tests by city schools. In addition, ACT for Alexandria deserves praise for
generating more than $1.25 million in donations
during Spring2Action in April.
In the not-as-competent category is the debacle surrounding the U.S. Transportation Security
Administration, where the federal government
gaveth in August, when Alexandria was awarded
the agency’s headquarters, to considerable fanfare. Alas, the feds quickly taketh away in November, when a federal judge vacated the award
because of a flawed bid.
Finally, we said goodbyes to many city residents who passed away in 2015, including civil
rights activists Ferdinand Day and Melvin Miller
in January and May, respectively; NBA trailblazer Earl Lloyd in March; preservationist and
philanthropist Betty Wright in June; economist
Carolyn Mackay in September; pediatrician Robert Wineland in October; and historian William
F. Smith in November. May they rest in peace.
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Carjacking reported along Van Dorn Street
Alexandria police said
they are investigating a carjacking that took place December 22 in a parking lot
along Van Dorn Street.
Around 7:15 p.m., police
responded to a parking lot at
the intersection of Van Dorn
Street and Maris Avenue. Po-
lice spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said three suspects, one of
whom brandished a gun, had
attempted to steal a person’s
vehicle, but it did not start.
The suspects then approached a woman who had
just parked her white sedan and
stole it, Nosal said. Nobody was
injured in the incident.
Nosal said she had no additional information about
the identity of the suspects,
but that police in another jurisdiction have since recovered the stolen vehicle.
- Erich Wagner
Suspect arrested after Old Town cell phone robbery
Alexandria police have
a suspect in custody following what they described as a
drunken cell phone robbery
in Old Town early Sunday
morning.
Police spokeswoman Crystal Nosal said in the early
hours of December 27, police
responded to the 100 block of
King St. A victim in his 30s reported that a man assaulted him
and stole his cell phone. Officers quickly found and apprehended a 21-year-old suspect.
Nosal described the inci-
dent as a “brawl.” She did not
have information about the
identity of the suspect, but
said he has been charged with
robbery and being drunk in
public.
- Erich Wagner
Police investigate robbery near Cora Kelly Elementary
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City police responded to the
report of a robbery near Cora
Kelly Elementary School on the
night of December 23.
Alexandria Police Department
spokeswoman
Crystal Nosal said around 11
p.m., police responded to the
unit block of W. Reed Ave.
of suspects may be the same
as in last week’s carjacking
along Van Dorn Street, there
is no evidence to support such
an assertion: they were two
different crimes reported in
different areas of the city.
- Erich Wagner
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents occurred between December 22 and December 29.
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When they arrived, a victim
reported that three suspects
displayed one firearm and
stole cash before fleeing the
area.
No one was injured in the
incident. Nosal said that although some on social media speculated that the trio
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SEXUAL
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January
FILE PHOTO
METRO TRAGEDY HITS HOME IN ALEXANDRIA January’s
Metro train malfunction between L’Enfant Plaza and the bridge
over the Potomac River claimed the life of Alexandria resident
Carol Glover, 61, who died from smoke inhalation. A group of
local teenagers on their way home from Gonzaga College High
School also were on the train, and told of how they had to evacuate the train and walk through the tunnel to safety.
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FERDINAND DAY DEAD AT 96 Local civil rights leader Ferdinand
Day died January 2 at the age of 96. Day was the first black man
appointed to the Alexandria School Board in 1964, 10 years after
the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate public schools
in Brown vs. Board of Education. He helped steer the school system to consolidate its three high schools into the integrated T.C.
Williams, and remained involved in local politics and civil rights
issues for decades.
LOCAL AUTHOR WINS DRUE
HEINZ PRIZE Alexandria author
Leslie Pietrzyk was awarded the
prestigious Drue Heinz Literature prize for her manuscript of
short stories “This Angel on My
Chest,” which are written from
the perspective of young women
who suffer the sudden loss of a
husband. Despite her acclaim,
she remains involved in local
writing clubs, where residents
help each other keep their minds
and pencils sharp.
POLICE CONVENE MEETING ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS Residents and law enforcement officials sparked renewed conversations in January about how to improve and maintain positive relationships with the community, following announcements last year that grand juries would not indict
officers in connection with the deaths of unarmed black suspects in Ferguson, Mo. and New York
City. Although some residents and local civil rights leaders spoke of racial and class-based profiling,
police officials said they wanted to be proactive in dealing with complaints of misconduct.
ALEXANDRIANS RESCUE DOGS FROM MEAT FARM Officials at
the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria welcomed nearly two dozen
dogs to the Vola Lawson animal shelter after they were rescued from
a dog meat farm in South Korea. The pups were watched for signs of
illness, cleaned and groomed before being put up for adoption.
MIXING STRINGS WITH ROCK ’N’ ROLL Mark Woods, a Juilliardtrained violinist and original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
visited Francis Hammond Middle School to lead 370 Alexandria City
Public Schools orchestra students in a concert that blended classical
and rock compositions and inspire them to think beyond the notes
on the page.
FEBRUARY
T.C. PRINCIPAL ANNOUNCES
RETIREMENT T.C. Williams
Principal Suzanne Maxey announced in February that she
would retire at the end of the
2014-2015 school year, marking the end of a 40-year career in education. Maxey was
praised for her easy connection with students and ability
to inspire them to meet their
potential in her five years at the
helm of Alexandria’s only public
high school.
T.C. SOCCER STANDOUTS
COMMIT TO MARYLAND
Jorge Calix and Eryk Williamson,
both T.C. Williams students and
players with D.C. United’s youth
academy, agreed to play at the
college level for the University of
Maryland. In their first season
with the Terps, Williamson made
an immediate impact, tallying 6
goals and 5 assists, while Calix
was a strong substitute, scoring
1 goal and assisting in 4 others.
Mayor Bill Euille
COUNCIL APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
City councilors voted 6-1 to approve a 75,000-square-foot assisted
living facility for residents with Alzheimer’s and other memory-related
ailments following a contentious public hearing that featured strident
supporters and opponents alike. Residents in favor of the project,
which was proposed for a residential lot along King Street, argued
that such a facility is sorely needed in Alexandria, while opponents
called it overly dense and an egregious example of spot zoning.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FORT WARD
PLAN DESPITE FEARS Alexandria city
councilors unanimously approved a plan
to preserve Fort Ward Park despite concerns from residents that the roadmap did
not do enough to ensure ancestors’ unmarked graves are found and preserved.
Descendants of the Fort Ward community
said the top priority should be to find the
graves, while city historic preservation officials said the plan attempts to reach that
goal despite limited funding for the effort.
Kerry Donley
ASTRONAUT VISITS JEFFERSON-HOUSTON Astronaut Charles Bolden spoke to more than 400 students at Jefferson-Houston School about
his experience working as an astronaut with NASA and encouraging them
to pursue learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He also spoke of his struggle as a teenager in the still-segregated
South to secure admission to one of the nation’s military academies.
Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg
ELECTION RUMORS START EARLY
IN PORT CITY Although the June
Democratic primary was still
months away, the political rumor
mill began quickly in 2015. Mayor
Bill Euille and former Mayor Kerry
Donley both announced their candidacies along with most sitting
city councilors, but Vice Mayor
Allison Silberberg held back on a
formal announcement about her
intentions, leaving many to speculate she was planning a mayoral
campaign of her own.
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FEBRUARY
MARCH
THOMAS FAMILY OF METRO INCIDENT VICTIM FILE SUIT AGAINST
WMATA The sons of Carol Glover, who died from smoke inhalation in January’s electrical failure outside of the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station, filed a
$50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority. The family contended that the agency was negligent
by failing to inspect and maintain the third rail and ventilation systems, as
well as failing to train its employees in the proper activation of the ventilation system in the event of a fire or smoke emergency.
RASHAD YOUNG REFLECTS ON TENURE AS CITY MANAGER A
month after leaving Alexandria to join D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration, former City Manager Rashad Young said he was proud
of his work in the Port City, despite the controversy it often caused,
from the waterfront and Beauregard plans to the long-running dispute
over the Old Dominion Boat Club property. “I have to remember that
people aren’t criticizing me, Rashad Young, the individual. A lot fewer
people know me as the individual; they know me as the city manager
and they’re criticizing the person occupying that seat,” he said.
ACCOLADES POUR IN FOR ALEXANDRIA BOXING CLUB Athletes who trained at the local boxing club held at Charles Houston Recreation Center continued to topple the competition in 2015,
despite uncertainty about the future of the club amid lease discussions with City Hall. Middleweight
fighter Antoine Douglas took down Thomas LaManna in the sixth round of a fight that was featured
on Showtime’s “ShoBox: The Next Generation.”
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Schools Superintendent Alvin
Crawley announced in March
that he would pursue an effort to redraw public school
boundaries at the elementary school level in an effort
to ease the strain of increasing enrollment. Alexandria’s
school boundaries have not
been revised since 1999, but
school board members were
concerned at the time about
how the plan would interact
with the district’s capital
improvement plans, among
other issues.
CHINQUAPIN DEAD IN THE WATER? A proposal to build a new
Olympic-sized pool at Chinquapin Park Recreation Center was put
on hold after cost estimates for the project came in more than 50
percent higher than previous projections, at a total of $30.7 million.
Consultants said the uncertainty of the site, including issues like
stormwater management, moving utilities and potential soil issues
led to the increase in price.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN
Regional railroad giant Norfolk
Southern announced plans to
expand operations at its ethanol
transloading facility on the West
End, to the chagrin of local officials and residents. Leaders
and officials with the city’s department of transportation and
environmental services have
long struggled to mitigate the environmental and safety risks associated with the facility, which
originally was built without city
approval in 2008.
BUILDING A NEW BOAT CLUB
Officials with the city planning
commission voted in March to
approve plans for a new headquarters for the Old Dominion
Boat Club, ending decades of
legal battles over the club’s property at the foot of King Street.
After city leaders threatened to
use eminent domain to claim
the club’s property in 2014, the
club came to an agreement in
which they would swap for the
city-owned Beachcomber property and receive $5 million to go
toward building a new clubhouse.
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KRUPICKA CALLS IT A DAY After more than a decade in Alexandria politics, Delegate Rob Krupicka (D-45) announced in
March that he would not seek re-election this year, choosing instead to focus on his budding doughnut shop business, Sugar
Shack. “Between business, family and public service, it is clear
that I’m burning more candles at more ends than I can sustain,”
Krupicka said at the time. The announcement sparked a flurry
of political machinations, as local Democrats lined up to vie to
succeed him in Richmond.
NO NEW TAXES
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PROPOSAL
Despite being given a
go-ahead by
city council to
raise taxes if necessary to balance the fiscal 2016
budget, then-Acting City Manager
Mark Jinks delivered a budget proposal that kept the city’s property
tax rate flat in March. But schools
officials warned that the proposal
did not do enough to cover the
cost of educating the city’s public
schools students.
NBA TRAILBLAZER DEAD AT 86 Alexandria native Earl Lloyd, who
broke the color barrier in professional basketball more than 60 years ago,
died in Tennessee at the age of 86. Lloyd was an alumnus of Parker-Gray
High School, and became the first black NBA player after being drafted
by the Washington Capitals in 1950. And in 2014, he was among the first
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Delegate Rob Krupicka’s surprise
announcement that he would not
seek re-election may have left only a 10-day window for candidates to build a campaign infrastructure
before the filing deadline, but five local Democrats were able to announce their candidacies in time.
The contenders included businessman Larry Altenburg, city spokesman Craig Fifer, leadership consultant Julie Jakopic, liberal radio host Mark Levine and Alexandria Democratic Committee Chairman
Clarence Tong.
VIRGINIA APPROVES GENON PLANT CLEAN-UP PLAN The
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality gave preliminary approval to energy giant NRG’s plan to clean up the site of the closed
GenOn coal-fired power plant in North Old Town. Residents and local officials worked for years to have the plant shut down, and the
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The residents at the Hermitage stay busy. Just ask Helena Scott,
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COUNCIL DEBATES FUTURE
OF CITY HALL Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg and Mayor Bill
Euille traded barbs during a budget work session over whether
Euille had proposed selling City
Hall in the previous year’s budget talks. Silberberg accused
Euille of suggesting that the
city sell the building to developers, but the mayor countered by
saying he meant that there are
several ways to finance needed
repairs for the building and suggested the attack was politically
motivated ahead of the June
Democratic primary for mayor.
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WEST END FIRE STATION OPENS WITHOUT FIREFIGHTERS
Residents bemoaned the scheduling of a ribbon-cutting ceremony,
later cancelled, at Alexandria’s latest fire station — Station 210 in the
Eisenhower Valley — because the department was not able to staff
a fire engine there. The outcry led to city councilors pushing to find
a way to secure firefighter staffing at the station by the end of 2015.
APRIL
JINKS TAKES THE REINS City
Council formally appointed Mark
Jinks to serve as Alexandria’s
permanent city manager in April,
following several months on the
job in an acting capacity. Jinks
dealt with a number of weighty
issues ahead of the announcement, from proposing the fiscal
2016 budget to looking for ways
to oppose Norfolk Southern’s
plan to expand its ethanol transloading facility on the West End.
“On the one hand, it was a challenge, but on the other, we had
a lot of help and a lot of ideas,
and everyone pulled their weight
and contributed ideas that ended up with a responsibly balanced
budget with no tax increases and no gimmicks,” he said at the time.
MAY
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MAYORAL CANDIDATES RUN THE DEBATE GAMUT Ahead
of June’s Democratic primary, Mayor Bill Euille, former Mayor
Kerry Donley and Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg sparred several
times in May debates. The mayoral candidates touted their
own records, while trading barbs on waterfront development,
the stalled Landmark Mall redevelopment, the BRAC building
on the West End now known as Mark Center and other issues.
LOCAL EDUCATOR WINS FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP
Kate Fitzpatrick, an art teacher at the Northern
Virginia Juvenile Detention Center in Alexandria, was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to
travel to India to research ways to incorporate elements of yoga into her curriculum.
“You see every kind of kid. You see the
kids that did something minor to something like a huge offense,” Fitzpatrick
told the Times. “I’m trying to give them
skills to manage themselves to be
able to go back to the breath. I always tell them: ‘Even if you don’t
do the yoga pose you can breathe
with us.’”
LONGTIME LOCAL JUDGE DEAD AT 89 Former Alexandria Judge and
longtime local luminary Daniel Fairfax O’Flaherty died in 2015 at the age
of 89. O’Flaherty served as a judge in the Alexandria General District
Court for more than 40 years, and was heavily involved with the Ballyshaners and the creation of the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.
SEVERANCE COMPETENT TO
STAND TRIAL A Fairfax County
judge ruled in April that Charles
Severance was competent to
stand trial. Severance was accused in the shooting deaths of
three prominent Alexandrians
since 2003. Nancy Dunning
was killed in 2003, Ronald Kirby
was found dead in his home
in November 2013 and local
piano teacher Ruthanne Lodato
was shot and killed in February
2014. Severance had previously
refused to be interviewed by a
court-appointed psychiatrist and
was sent temporarily to a state
mental hospital for evaluation.
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JUDGE DECLARES MISTRIAL
IN SEYOUM CASE Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Nolan B. Dawkins
declared a mistrial in April in the
Dawit Seyoum murder trial after a
jury was unable to reach a verdict.
Seyoum was accused in the death
of D.C. Department of Corrections
Deputy Director Carolyn Cross in
her apartment on Kenmore Avenue. Although Seyoum confessed
to the crime, he pleaded not guilty
by reason of insanity.
LONGTIME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ADVOCATE DEAD
AT 83 Local civil rights icon
and affordable housing advocate Melvin Miller May 10 at
the age of 83. Miller was involved in lunch-counter sit-ins
in Arlington in the 1960s and
got involved in affordable housing issues after he and his wife
first struggled to find a home
in the Port City. He served as
chairman of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority for nearly 20 years.
COUNCIL RESTORES
FUNDING FOR STATION
210, SCHOOLS
City council voted in May
to add funding to Alexandria City Public Schools
and to provide firefighter
staffing at Station 210
by the end of 2015 in its
final deliberations on the
fiscal 2016 budget. But
left on the cutting room
floor was $180,000 to
provide rent relief for 29
seniors and people with
disabilities who were still
on the city’s waiting list.
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Now to January 6
CHRISTMAS AT MOUNT
VERNON Visit George Washington’s
estate and see Aladdin the camel on
the grounds, in honor of the camel
that Washington paid to visit Mount
Vernon in 1787. Stroll through Mount
Vernon’s modern buildings and view
sparkling holiday decorations, featuring 12 dazzling Christmas trees and
historical chocolate-making demonstrations. Experience Christmas as the
Washingtons would have celebrated it
on a tour of the mansion, including the
rarely-open third floor.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: George Washington’s
Mount Vernon, 3200 Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway
Information: [email protected]
or www.mountvernon.org
December 31
FIRST NIGHT ALEXANDRIA A
Grey Gardens
1/16 - 2/6
The musical about Edith Bouvier
Beale and her daughter, Edith ‘Little
Edie’ Bouvier Beale. Grey Gardens,
their Hampton home, is in shambles
and so are their lives. Coming soon
Edith and Little Eddie
once lived fun, lavish lives
but are now recluses in
their decaying mansion,
live with stray animals,
plan their escape though
obvious they never will.
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spectacular fireworks display over the
Potomac River will ring in the New Year
as part of First Night Alexandria, the
largest family-friendly New Year's Eve
party in the region. All of Old Town will
be buzzing with activity throughout the
day. Afternoon activities and the annual Fun Hunt will be followed at 7 p.m.
by live musical performances at more
than 20 indoor venues.
Time: Thursday 2 p.m. to Fri 12:30 a.m.
Location: Various
Information: 703-746-3299, adorman@meetingsandeventsofdistinction.
com or www.firstnightalexandria.org
January 6
EPIPHANY EVENSONG Grant
Hellmers, organist-choirmaster, will direct the adult choir in a choral evensong
on the Feast of the Epiphany. Music by
Jacob Handl, Charles Villiers Stanford,
Everett Titcomb and William Smith
of Durham will be featured. Everyone
is welcome at the service and the
RSVP at www.vts.edu/evening
War Ball on January 23, learn the waltz,
polka, Virginia Reel and more from an
expert dance master. Admission costs
$12 per class or $30 for the series.
Reservations are recommended. Tickets can be purchased online.
Time: Each Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby's Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
Information: shop.alexandriava.gov
January 8
THE CECILIAN PLAYERS A con-
cert consisting of violin, cello and piano
Trios with works of Debussy, Ravel and
Shostakovich. Admission is free but
contributions are welcomed.
Time: 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Location: Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 1427 W. Braddock Road
Information: 703-998-6100 or [email protected]
January 10
WINTER WARMER LADIES TEA
Choose from a variety of 18th-century
desserts while you sip John Gadsby's
special blend of tea or take a cup of
American Heritage Chocolate. Historic
guest Dolley Madison will catch you up
on the latest Alexandria news during the
tea. Admission costs $35 per person.
Time: 3 to 5 p.m.
134 N. Royal St.
January 12
African Mark Ridge on a safari through
Tanzania, Botswana and South Africa.
Marvel at stunning images while learning about game parks and seasons and
his life in the bush.
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Beatley Central Library
5005 Duke St.
Information: 703-746-1751 or www.
alexandria.lib.va.us
Evening
School of
The olo g y
January 5, 2016
at 6:30 p.m. FREE
January 7-21
CIVIL WAR BALL DANCE
CLASSES In preparation for the Civil
ARMCHAIR TRAVEL PRESENTS:
AN AFRICAN SAFARI Join South
The
Twelfth night
of christmas
Celebration
reception that follows. Donations and
non-perishable foods will be accepted
for St. Paul’s Lazarus Ministry.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
228 S. Pitt St.
Information: 703-549-3312 or
[email protected]
January 13
SISTERS IN CRIME First time nov-
V irgini a
Theologic a l
semina ry
elists talk about how they got published,
how the experience differs from what
they expected and the most startling or
amusing fan letters they have received.
Location: Beatley Central Library,
5005 Duke St.
Information: 703-746-1751 or www.
alexandria.lib.va.us
FITNESS FOR KIDS An instructor
from My Gym will speak on keeping
kids fit in the winter at the MOMS Club
of Alexandria South monthly meeting.
Children are welcome at the meeting
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Presbyterian
Church, 2001 Sherwood Hall Lane
Information: [email protected] or southalexandriamomsclub.
webs.com.
January 16
FAMILY ART WORKSHOP:
SHAPE TAPE ART Make a work of
art on canvas using tape, acrylic paint
and your imagination in a fun workshop
for children as young as 2. No art experience is necessary.
Time: 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: Convergence, 1801 N
Quaker Lane
Information: 703-944-4831
January 17
CELEBRATE COMMUNITY 5K
AND 1K An event to honor Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and his legacy, with a
food drive to benefit ALIVE!
Time: 8 to 11 a.m.
Location: U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, 600 Dulany St.
Information: 703-998-6460 or
[email protected]
January 22
FAMILY FUN NIGHT Bring the whole
family to Family Fun Nights for swimming
and fun for all ages. Pool games include
beach ball relays, water basketball, diving
for prizes and fun on the “Aqua Challenge”
floating obstacle course. Participate in
swimming skill assessments for youth,
learn pool safety tips and more.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: Chinquapin Park Recreation
Center & Aquatics Facility, 3210 King St.
Information: 703-746-5435 or ralph.
[email protected]
January 23
LADIES NIGHT OUT ART
WORKSHOP: VISION BOARD
Create a collage expressing who you are
as an individual: your passions, interest,
goals, hobbies and inner attributes. A
professional artist will teach you how to
organize and compose your board to tell
a story about you.
Location: Convergence, 1801 N
Quaker Lane
Information: 703-944-4831
CIVIL WAR BALL Enjoy an evening
from the 1860s in the historic Gadsby’s
Tavern ballroom at the Civil War Ball.
The evening will include live music,
dance instruction and period desserts.
Period attire, either civilian or military, is
encouraged.
Time: 8 to 11 p.m.
134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or [email protected]
meetingsandeventsofdistinction.com or
www.firstnightalexandria.org
January 26
HOMESCHOOL DAY: ORVILLE
WRIGHT’S FLIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA Hear about Orville Wright’s his-
toric flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria
and test the basic principles of flight.
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or shop.
alexandriava.gov
January 28 – Feb 11
BIRTHNIGHT BALL DANCE
CLASS In preparation for the Birth-
night Ball on February 13, learn 18thcentury English country dancing from
expert dance instructors. Tickets cost
$12 per class or $30 for the series.
Time: Each Thursday, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern, 134 N.
Royal St.
MAY
JUNE
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SILBERBERG WINS DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL PRIMARY Vice Mayor
Allison Silberberg shocked the Alexandria political world in June, winnings the three-way Democratic primary for mayor by a slim margin.
She beat incumbent Mayor Bill Euille by 318 votes, while former Mayor Kerry Donley finished in third. And in the race to succeed Delegate
Rob Krupicka (D-45) in Richmond, liberal talk radio host Mark Levine
defeated four other contenders to represent the Democrats on the
ballot in November.
ALEXANDRIA VET BURIED ON ANNIVERSARY OF V-E DAY For the family of Alexandria resident
and World War II veteran Navy Cmdr. Thomas Richard Downs, his burial was particularly moving: he was
buried at Arlington National Cemetery on the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict in Europe. Family
and friends said Downs was always focused on education and was a strong supporter of the Alexandria
Symphony Orchestra, earning the moniker of “Mr. Symphony” for his enthusiasm for the group.
COUNCIL APPROVES POTOMAC YARD METRO SITE After
years of planning and discussion, city councilors voted unanimously in favor of the so-called Alternative B for the planned Potomac Yard Metro station, despite concerns about the project’s
financing. The city expected to receive $69.5 million from the
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, although the exact
amount of funding had not yet been made official. Other funding
streams, including grants, developer contributions and the fate
of a previously approved special tax district in the neighborhood
also remained uncertain at the time of the site’s approval.
I’m very honored to stand
before you as the next mayor
of Alexandria. I’ve said it time and
again: I ran for my vision and not
against my competitors. I think all of
us honor their service.”
- Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg
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ACPS NAMES NEW T.C. WILLIAMS
PRINCIPAL Alexandria City Public Schools officials announced
in May that Jesse Dingle would
succeed the retiring Suzanne
Maxey as principal of T.C. Williams. At an early meeting with
parents and teachers, Dingle
discussed his own experience
as a student with a stutter in
North Carolina and his vision for
the future of Alexandria’s only
public high school. “In my core,
I believe that it doesn’t matter
where you come from, no matter
who you are, or how you started
out. It doesn’t matter,” Dingle
said in May. “There’s something
about you that’s going to make
somebody say, ‘You can do this.
You can achieve.’”
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BISHOP IRETON TRIUMPHS OVER SAINTS IN VISAA GIRLS
LACROSSE FINAL The Bishop Ireton girls lacrosse team was victorious in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association
final against St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes, winning by a score of 1210. The championship marked the end of a long coach-player relationship between senior Charlotte Sofield and her father, Rick Sofield as she prepared to enroll at the University of North Carolina.
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NEIGHBORS CHALLENGE LA BERGERIE RELOCATION IN
COURT Residents who live near the property where La Bergerie owners Laurent Janowsky and Margaret Ticer Janowsky plan to move the
restaurant and open a small inn sued the Alexandria City Council in
June, accusing councilors of “illegal spot zoning,” in addition to favoring the project because Ticer Janowsky is the daughter of former
Mayor and state Sen. Patsy Ticer.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Let’s Eat
A special advertising feature
of the Alexandria Times
Alexandria eateries celebrate 2016
Mere hours are left in 2015,
which means it is time to plan
how to ring in the New Year.
Many local eateries have created
distinctive menus to make this a
memorable New Year’s Eve and
New Year’s Day.
If sports or entertaining are
the focus, then consider ordering
a Baja Fresh Party Pack for your
New Year’s celebration. Be sure to
order 24 hours in advance. Meanwhile, Bugsy’s Pizza and Sports
Bar will serve its full menu and deliver until midnight on New Year’s
Eve, and will be open Friday. And
Royal Thai will give a 20-percent
discount on food to anyone dining
in who mentions the offer.
Some places make New Year’s
Eve a signature event, including
Fontaine Caffe and Creperie and
Osteria da Nino, which are both
serving extraordinary three course
prix-fixe dinners.
Chadwicks in Old Town will be
open on New Year’s Eve with a DJ,
dancing and a champagne toast at
midnight. And Friday and all weekend, Chadwicks will be open at 10
a.m. serving their full brunch with
drink specials.
Le Refuge will be celebrating
New Year’s Eve with a memorable
five-course menu offered at three
seatings: 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9:45
p.m. The last seating will celebrate
at midnight with a celebratory glass
of champagne.
One of the best and most romantic views of the Potomac River, the
Washington Sailing Marina and
the Capital can be found at Indigo
Landing Restaurant. The restaurant and bar will be open its regular
hours Thursday, with lunch until 6
p.m., followed by a lovely $75 prixfixe menu.
A 2015 newcomer, Magnolia’s on
King is giving patrons many choices
at this elegant dining establishment
on New Year’s Eve. From 5:30 to
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10 p.m., the restaurant will offer the
regular menu, New Year’s specials
and some festive beverage options to
help toast farewell to 2015.
As always, Bastille and Bistrot Royal have special evenings
planned for diners. Bistrot Royal
offers a brilliant four-course prix
fixe New Year’s Eve dinner for $65
per person from 4:30 to 10:00 p.m.
And at 2 p.m., Bastille will open
with a happy hour until 9:00 p.m.
in the bar. From 4:30 to 10 p.m., the
special holiday menu will be available as prix fixe only in the main
dining rooms.
The Pines of Florence is open
365 days a year, and this week is
no different, although it will offer
New Year’s Eve specials to make
the evening more festive.
All of these restaurants are
pleased to offer Alexandrians fabulous dining options that are delectable and enticing, at wide range of
prices this New Year’s.
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JUNE
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L’HERMIONE DOCKS IN THE PORT CITY Local officials and residents celebrated the arrival of the French tall ship L’Hermione in
June, accompanied by a rare opening of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
to make way for the 217-foot replica of the 18th-century frigate. While
floating along Alexandria’s shoreline, residents were able to tour the
boat, which helped turn the tide of the American Revolutionary War
when the original arrived in 1780.
SCHOOL BOARD
APPROVES PAY RAISE
FOR ACPS EMPLOYEES
As members of the Alexandria City School Board voted
unanimously to approve the
fiscal 2016 budget for the
district, they celebrated the
ability to fund the first pay
raise for all ACPS employees since 2012. The budget also included additional
funding to support students
with special needs and to
expand summer education
programs. “I certainly appreciate the alignment in really maintaining the priorities
the board has set of including retaining and attracting
the best talent,” said board
member Marc Williams at
the time.
COUNCIL APPROVES
CHANGES TO LANDMARK MALL PLANS
City councilors voted
in June to accept
changes to the site plan
for the long-delayed redevelopment of Landmark
Mall, but there still is no end
in site for the beleaguered
property. The new plan increases the square footage
allowed for both commercial
and residential uses and increases the density as well.
But council still must consider the request from developer the Howard Hughes
Corporation that the city
help subsidize the project
financially.
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DEL RAY INSTITUTION ST. ELMO’S CHANGES OWNERSHIP After
nearly 20 years at the helm of St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, owner Nora Partlow decided to sell the local landmark to fellow Del Ray business owners Larry and Christine Ponzi. Residents credit Partlow with being a key
figure in the revitalization of Del Ray and Mount Vernon Avenue over the
last two decades. “Everything has a beginning, everything has an end,
and I think it’s the end of my era, and I’m leaving it for Larry to bring it
to that next level,” Partlow said. “I know he’ll be very successful with it.”
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WMATA ASKS DEVELOPERS FOR BUS BARN REDEVELOPMENT VISION The long-unused Royal Street bus garage saw
signs of progress in its journey to redevelopment in June, as
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced
it would solicit bids from potential buyers for the two-acre site.
Situated just two blocks from the Potomac River in North Old
Town, city officials and residents have been keen to see new life
breathed into the site, which once housed Metrobuses for storage and maintenance, since the garage closed in 2014.
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T.C. CREW CELEBRATES A STELLAR SEASON T.C. Williams’ girls crew teams had a magnificent 2015
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ALEXANDRIA ROCKED BY FIRST HOMICIDE OF 2015 The peace and tranquillity of the Fourth of
July holiday in Alexandria was shaken on July 3 as police investigated the city’s first homicide of the year,
just blocks from the Braddock Road Metro station. Officers responded to the 700 block of N. Fayette
St. after reports of a shooting. When they arrived, police found Shakkan Elliot-Tibbs, 22, of Woodbridge,
suffering from a gunshot wound. Elliot-Tibbs was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE
DECLARED VIABLE IN ALEXANDRIA Alexandria’s burgeoning
ferry options could have some new
additions in the coming years, as
two commuter ferry routes from
the Port City were found to be feasible in a recent study compiled
for the Northern Virginia Regional
Commission. Of the 260 routes
examined, five were found to be
practical, including routes from Alexandria to Southeast and Southwest D.C. and another from the city
to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and
the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security.
LYLES BROTHERS COMPETE
IN CUBA TRACK MEET Not
many high school students get
the chance to represent their
country in an international tournament, let alone one with diplomatic implications. But rising
T.C. Williams seniors Noah and
Josephus Lyles did just that,
representing the United States
on a team of track standouts in
Havana, Cuba for the Caribbean
Scholastic Invitational in June.
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ALEXANDRIA PHILANTHROPIST
DEAD AT 90 Longtime literacy
advocate and Alexandria resident Betty Wright died at her
home at the age of 90. Wright,
with her husband Frank, founded Wright to Read, a tutoring and
mentoring program for underachieving and underprivileged
children in 1979. The program
serves around 100 elementary
school students. “One of my favorite thoughts about Betty is
that she really valued the time
that staff and the volunteers
spent one-on-one with the children,” said executive director
Leigh Nida. “I’ve always liked to
do some special projects that
reach a larger group, and
Betty thought it was very
important that we spend
most of our time really
putting significant
effort into helping
each child.”
LOCAL CONFEDERATE REFERENCES COME UNDER
FIRE AFTER S.C. SHOOTING
City officials examined a number of references to the Confederacy this summer after a
man in South Carolina allegedly shot nine people to death
at a historic black church in
Charleston, S.C. Although staff
is still studying some proposals, city leaders ended the
practice of flying the Confederate governmental flag at the
intersection of Old Town’s Appomattox statue on Robert E.
Lee’s birthday and on Confederate Memorial Day.
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CITY COUNCIL APPROVES
PATRICK HENRY PLANS City
councilors and the Alexandria
City School Board each approved plans for a new recreation center and pre-K through
eighth grade school at the site
of Patrick Henry Elementary,
despite complaints about a difficult process. The school and
recreation center projects were
developed separately, even
though they will occupy the
same site on Taney Avenue. The
separation led to confusion and
the ire of councilors, who felt
that it should be treated as a
joint facility and a joint construction project rather than two separate proposals.
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EUILLE CONSIDERS WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN Following his narrow loss
to Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg in the June Democratic primary, Mayor
Bill Euille confirmed in July that he was considering a write-in bid to retain his seat in November. Euille still had a sizeable war chest following the primary, and was publicly encouraged by a number of residents.
“The rumors have been going on since the day after the election,” Euille
said in July. “I’m just listening to folks and taking it all in. But I have not
made a decision.”
The reality is that now may be
the time to end that process
with regard to the flag and the flag
can be properly stored in a museum
or something for folks to see if they so
choose. Reflecting on the incident in
Charleston, S.C. with the unfortunate
murders and so forth, the flag is a
symbol of slavery and hatred, and
while it’s a part of history and I
recognize that Alexandria is a historic
city and tourism is our No. 1 industry,
I think this is one part of history that its
time is past and we have to move on.”
- Mayor Bill Euille
SHOTS FIRED CALLS
IN ALEXANDRIA DOWN
FROM LAST YEAR At a
community meeting, Alexandria Deputy Police Chief
David Huchler told those
present that while socalled “shots fired” calls
are being reported to the
public more, instances of
shots being fired during
the commission of a felony
are down overall in the city.
After a Freedom of Information Act request by the
Times, the police department’s rhetoric holds true:
the number of felony investigations that involve shots
being fired were down from
the beginning of the year
to the end of June 2015,
compared to the same
time period in 2014.
SOME OLD TOWN PARKING METER HOURS EXTENDED Those looking to
drive and park in metered
spaces west of Alfred
Street in Old Town now
have more time to browse
the shops and boutiques
and digest their meals at
restaurants in that area of
the city after city council
unanimously approved a
resolution effective July 1
to extend the time limit for
metered parking from two
hours to three. Business
owners along King Street
said previously enacted
parking meter enforcement efforts hampered
customers’ ability to visit
their shops.
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PARKER-GRAY STADIUM PRESS BOX COMES UNDER SCRUTINY As the players, coaches, parents and boosters of T.C. Williams
prepared for another high school football season last summer, there
stood a structure at the top of the bleachers at Parker-Gray Stadium
deemed unsafe for use by Alexandria City Public Schools and locked:
the stadium’s press box. Not just a workspace for reporters covering
games at the school, the press box has a number of other functions
during football season for teams and coaches, and some of those
involved with the Titans program were displeased, erroneously accusing the city of condemning the structure. ACPS has recently announced plans to replace the structure, which was closed by superintendent Alvin Crawley, not city officials.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL MASONIC
MEMORIAL NAMED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
It had been 30 years since Alexandria last had one of its historic
sites designated as a National
Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, and the August 4
designation of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial came on an auspicious date of
its own: the 262nd anniversary of
George Washington becoming a
Master Mason. The towering 333foot structure joins the Old and
Historic District, Christ Church,
Gerald R. Ford House, Freedom
House and Gadsby’s Tavern as
national historic landmarks.
PHOTO/ERICH WAGNER
OFFICIALS EXAMINE THREE-DAY PARKING RULE City Councilor
Justin Wilson said he would propose an effective end to the rule that
residents parking along city streets must move their car every 72
hours, excluding weekends or holidays. He said the rule is unevenly
enforced — only after a resident complains — and has become what
he called a “rat out your neighbor” rule. City staff was tasked with
crafting a new proposal for the law’s original purpose: avoiding abandoned cars littering city streets
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
DERRICK DAVENPORT WINS ACF CHEF
OF THE YEAR PRIZE When the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosts their foreign counterparts at their official residence
at Fort Myer, executive chef and household
manager Derrick Davenport is responsible
for planning the menu at official dinners and
functions. However, in addition to that and a
litany of other duties that come with serving
the armed forces’ top-ranked military official,
Davenport finds time to compete with other
chefs from across the country. In August,
the Alexandria resident won the American
Culinary Foundation’s top award of Chef of
the Year at a gruelling contest in Florida.
TSA SET TO MOVE TO
ALEXANDRIA City officials and business leaders
brimmed with excitement
following the announcement on August 12 that the
U.S. Transportation Security Administration would
relocate to Alexandria. The
agency was slated to move
its approximately 3,400 employees into 500,000 square
feet of existing office space
at Victory Center in the Eisenhower West neighborhood in
2017. The news came at the
end of a multi-year bidding
process, and more than a decade since the Victory Center
last had an active tenant. But
the plan is now on hold following a judge’s intervention
after another bidder filed an
appeal of the process
FILE PHOTO
ACPS SEES
BIG GAINS IN STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
It is only one way in which student progress is measured, but the data is indisputable: Alexandria
City Public Schools appeared to be headed in the right direction based on the pass rates of the
2014-2015 Standards of Learning tests, released in August by the Virginia Department of Education. The SOLs show overall improvement across all four core disciplines — English reading, math,
history and science — with 14 of 16 schools seeing increased pass rates in reading and math.
Nine schools saw increases in history pass rates, while 12 had increases in science.
EUILLE CONFIRMS WRITEIN MAYORAL BID Mayor Bill
Euille ended months of speculation when he announced over
the Labor Day weekend that
he would wage a write-in campaign for mayor after losing the
June Democratic primary to Vice
Mayor Allison Silberberg by 318
votes. “Yeah, I lost a primary,”
Euille said in his announcement.
“And I tried to put a new life before me. I got job offers, I travelled and I thought a lot about
it. But every time, I would come
home to Alexandria, and people
would run up to me at the grocery store or on the Metro and
encourage me to run. This city is
worth fighting for.”
FILE PHOTO
YVES’ BISTRO OWNER DIES
AT 75 He was a restaurant
owner and entrepreneur
who owned multiple restaurants in D.C. and Alexandria,
and did not retire despite
his advancing years and
poor health. Yves Courbois,
owner most recently of Yves’
Bistro on Swamp Fox Road,
died September 15. He was
75. Courbois died at Fairfax
Inova Hospital having undergone a series of knee operations and two heart surgeries, in addition to suffering
from Parkinson’s disease.
THE YOGA INSTRUCTOR AT
CITY HALL In Al Cox’s line of
work as Alexandria’s historic
preservation manager, he encounters a lot of stress, long
hours and numerous public
meetings. He deals with that
by doing yoga, and has become a certified instructor in
the practice. And now, Cox is
in the midst of developing a
class for city staff on ways to
reduce stress, at the behest
of City Manager Mark Jinks.
“Before [doing yoga], you
would have a Coke, go into
a six-hour meeting and obviously you’re going to crash
in about an hour and a half,”
Cox said. “You sit there tense
or angry or whatever; you’re
not circulating blood, your
shoulders are up around your
ears. You’ve got to learn how
to breathe. There are very
simple breathing exercises
you can do while you’re in a
council meeting or on the
dais at a BAR meeting.”
PATRICK HENRY, T.C. WILLIAMS CELEBRATE REGAINING
FULL ACCREDITATION The celebrations continued in September for Alexandria City Public Schools officials, as Patrick Henry
Elementary and T.C. Williams High schools preliminarily obtained
full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education on
the back of their performances in the Standards of Learning
tests. Both schools had been accredited with warning during the
2014-2015 academic year — T.C. because of its math results and
Patrick Henry due to its English and science scores.
OCTOBER
FILE PHOTO
SOME MEDICS OPPOSE HYBRID FIRE/EMS MODEL An internal
debate over the future of the Alexandria Fire Department bubbled to
the surface this fall as a group of paramedics denounced the city’s
ongoing transition from utilizing paramedics to using hybrid firefighter/
medics. The change, which was proposed last year by Fire Chief Robert
Dubé and began implementation this year, would see all future paramedics — those trained in advanced life support — also receive training
as firefighters. The idea is to have someone capable of providing ALS
on every ambulance and fire apparatus; currently, most fire engines
are staffed only by those capable of basic life support. Opponents argued the change makes firefighters and medics’ jobs harder, and that
the move could force those who want to remain medics to leave the
department if they want promotional opportunities.
COMMUTER FERRY STUDY COMES UNDER SCRUTINY
Despite city council’s relatively sedate first legislative meeting after summer recess on September 8, it did not take long for city
councilors Paul Smedberg and Del Pepper to let loose on the proposed commuter ferry service from Alexandria and its handling
by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission thus far. NVRC released a study late July outlining the viability of two commuter
ferry routes from the waterfront, but the proposal drew the ire of
city councilors, who unanimously agreed to send a letter signed
by Mayor Bill Euille to Penny Gross, chairman of NVRC, expressing “serious concerns” about the traffic and other infrastructure
problems that could be caused by commuter ferry service.
POLICE INVESTIGATE HOMICIDE IN
NORTH OLD TOWN For the second time
in the space of three months, North Old
Town was the site of a homicide on October 7, when a man was shot on Belle
Pre Way, a few blocks from the Braddock
Road Metro station. Officers responded
to the area near the 800 block of N.
Henry St. at approximately 11:45 p.m.
and found the victim, 37-year-old Leon
Williams of Alexandria, suffering from a
gunshot wound. He was transported to a
local hospital, where he later died.
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COUNCIL APPROVES ROBINSON TERMINAL NORTH REDEVELOPMENT The redevelopment of Robinson Terminal North gained
unanimous approval from city council at an October 17 hearing, marking the passage of the last of the main projects in the city’s waterfront
plan. The project received unanimous backing from the planning commission on October 8, and public testimony before city council echoed
much of the divided sentiments expressed to planning commissioners
over, including on the issue of parking. In response to those concerns,
city councilors chose not to allow new residents of the development to
apply for on-street permits, pending final recommendations from the
Old Town Area Parking Study work group.
OAKVILLE TRIANGLE
REDEVELOPMENT MAKES
PROGRESS As Del Ray continues to grow and Potomac
Yard prepares to welcome a
new Metrorail station, nearby Oakville Triangle’s gathered steam in October as
city council unanimously adopted a plan for the design
of the area by U.S. Route
1. The proposal is a mixeduse development including
residential town homes and
multi-family units, retail and
office space, park land and
so-called “maker spaces”
on the ground floor of some
units for some light-industrial use still in the area. The
plan would look to take advantage of the existing Metroway bus rapid transit system and future mass transit
in the city.
COUNCIL CANDIDATES START TO SQUARE OFF Debate season
started early this year for candidates in the general election for city
council, as the full slate of 11 contenders met September 14 at a
debate hosted by the Departmental Progressive Club. Incumbent city
councillors and Democratic newcomer Willie Bailey mostly defended
the actions of council over the previous three years, while the Republican and Independent challengers railed against recent tax hikes,
the increase in municipal debt and the difficulty of being a business
owner in Alexandria.
COUNCIL APPROVES RAMSEY HOMES DEMOLITION After
a five-hour public hearing at which the tension was palpable, city
council approved the demolition of the 15-unit Ramsey Homes
property owned by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing
Authority in the Parker-Gray neighborhood by a 5-2 margin. Vice
Mayor Allison Silberberg and City Councilor Paul Smedberg were
the two dissenting votes against ARHA’s appeal, which came after the Parker-Gray Board of Architectural Review unanimously
rejected the organization’s application to demolish the homes at
699 N. Patrick St. in April. City council’s decision means ARHA
can proceed with its proposal to demolish and replace the units
with up to 53 units of affordable housing.
PHOTO/JENNIFER POWELL
THE OTHER ELECTION COMES TO TOWN The numerous road closures, metal detectors to scan
attendees and U.S. Secret Service agents posted around Market Square and along surrounding
streets October 23 indicated one thing: the 2016 presidential election campaign circus had arrived
in Alexandria. With the Port City gearing up for its own state and local elections on November 3,
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton joined Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) outside City Hall for an event
billed as a Northern Virginia “grassroots organizing meeting.”
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
CITY ESTABLISHES MGM TASK FORCE Across the Potomac River
in Maryland, National Harbor is set to grow even more with the opening of the MGM National Harbor casino, and Alexandria officials are
looking to take advantage of what they say is a great opportunity for
the city. With all this development to come, Visit Alexandria, the city’s
tourism organization, is convening a task force to discuss the benefits and challenges of the new MGM facility as it relates to Alexandria.
EUILLE PLANS DEBATE CHALLENGE In American electoral politics,
few things can portray the acrimony between two candidates quite like
a debate. But the debate over whether to have them in the first place
certainly came close in October. Mayor Bill Euille, ousted from appearing on the ballot for the Democrats in the city’s November 3 general
election after losing to Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg in the party’s primary by 318 votes in June, announced he would pursue a write-in campaign to retain his seat. Officials with his campaign pushed unsuccessfully for a debate between the four-term mayor and Silberberg, to the
chagrin of the vice mayor and the Alexandria Democratic Committee.
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
PORT CITY BREWING COMPANY CELEBRATES NATIONAL SUCCESS When Bill Butcher founded Port City Brewing Company on Alexandria’s West End four and a half years ago, he was not in it for the
medals or victories at competitions. He said he and his staff simply
wanted to produce high quality beer from what looks on the outside
to be a relatively unassuming space on Wheeler Avenue. And after
garnering plenty of local recognition and expanding distribution from
as far north as New York south to as far as North Carolina, the company has gained national honors too, winning three awards at the
Great American Beer Festival, including the prestigious Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year award.
PHOTO/bill starrels
ALLISON SILBERBERG TO LEAD
ALL-DEMOCRATIC CITY COUNCIL
Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg easily
fought off the challenge of incumbent
Mayor Bill Euille’s write-in campaign
on November 5 to become Alexandria’s next mayor and continue a
period of Democratic dominance on
city council. With all precincts reporting, Silberberg took 16,554 votes
for 63 percent, ahead of all write-ins
with 9,702 votes for 37 percent. She
will be joined on the dais by all six of
her Democratic colleagues, including
City Councilor Justin Wilson, who will
become the new vice mayor. Fellow
incumbents Paul Smedberg, Del Pepper, John Chapman and Tim Lovain will
be joined by Willie Bailey on the dais.
POLICE INVESTIGATE AFTER
BODY FOUND IN “THE PIT”
A man was discovered dead in
Beverley Park in the North Ridge
neighborhood on November 9
in what was Alexandria’s third
homicide of 2015. The victim
was later identified as Jose Luis
Ferman Perez, a 24-year-old city
resident who police said suffered from an “upper body trauma.” Police added that Perez did
not live in the neighborhood. Officers responded to the park at
the intersection of North Overlook and South Overlook drives
and found him unresponsive.
JOHN LEWIS RECALLS
CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE
Growing up in rural Alabama,
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (DGa.) remembers asking his
parents and grandparents
about the signs designating
bathrooms and other public
areas for white and black
people, and they would tell
him that segregation was
just the way things were. But
Lewis recalled in a talk at
T.C. Williams that he could
not abide that, especially as
he heard of the actions of
Rosa Parks and the leadership of Martin Luther King
Jr. as a 15-year-old in 1955.
The civil rights leader addressed an invited group of
ninth through 12th grade
social studies and history
students in the auditorium
at T.C. on November 19.
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
TSA LEASE AT VICTORY
CENTER VOIDED BY FEDERAL JUDGE
Just three months after the
city’s successful bid to bring
the U.S. Transportation
Security Administration to
the Victory Center at 5001
Eisenhower Ave., a federal
judge voided the agency’s
lease on November 12.
Judge Charles Lettow of the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
ordered the lease void in a
sealed ruling. It came after
a lawsuit was filed by Boston
Properties Inc., the owner of
a property in Springfield, Va.
that lost out on the bid.
CHARLES SEVERANCE FOUND GUILTY OF THREE HOMICIDES
A Fairfax County jury found Charles Severance guilty November 2 of all 10 charges in connection with the killings of three
prominent Alexandrians and the wounding of a fourth person
after around 13 hours of deliberation over three days. He will
spend the rest of his life in prison. Severance, 55, was convicted
of capital murder in the deaths of Ruthanne Lodato in February 2014 and Ronald Kirby in November 2013, and first-degree
murder in the slaying of Nancy Dunning in 2003. He also was
convicted of non-fatally shooting Janet Franko, a caretaker at
the Lodato residence, and six other related charges. He is expected to be sentenced to life in January 2016.
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
A PORT CITY PREMIERE Next month, television viewers across the
country will be transported to Civil War-era Alexandria in the new series “Mercy Street,” the first original drama to be produced by PBS in
more than a decade. But ahead of the show airing on TV, a smorgasbord of city luminaries got the chance for a sneak peek on November 5 as the Alexandria Film Festival hosted the series premiere at
the AMC Hoffman Center theater, complete with appearances from
historical interpreters, the lead actors and executive producers, all
on a red carpet close to what is normally the theater’s ticket booth.
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT FRANCIS HAMMOND TAKES
ROOT Francis Hammond Middle School’s new international
academy, established for the 2015-2016 school year, is the first
of its kind in the country and integrates standard subject learning with teaching of English. Teachers say the model help students for whom English is a second language to get themselves
up to speed both on subject matter and English fluency more
quickly and in a more encouraging way.
PHOTO/CHRIS TEALE
SAINTS WIN ISL GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP When
Chris Arnold was appointed head coach of the St. Stephen’s and
St. Agnes girls soccer team at the start of last season, his aim
was to make them as dominant as the school’s girls lacrosse and
field hockey programs, both of which are regional powerhouses that often are nationally ranked. In November, the program
took an enormous step toward that goal, as the team won the
Independent Schools League tournament with a 2-1 victory over
Holy Child in the final, played on home turf at Kelleher Field. The
Saints came into the ISL tournament with the No. 2 seed and
had home advantage throughout the competition.
PHOTO/ERICH WAGNER
END OF AN ERA Mayor Bill Euille said he thought he was immune to surprises from his colleagues in City
Hall. But a surprise send-off at the start of a city council meeting in December proved him wrong. After 12
years as mayor and having served on city council since 1994, Euille, the first black mayor in Alexandria’s
history, feels his record will speak for itself, choosing to let residents determine his legacy. But he said he
does regret the city’s lack of leverage in the construction of the Mark Center on the West End.
CITY PROPERTY TAXES
COULD INCREASE NEXT YEAR
City councilors quickly reached
consensus and unanimously
agreed to allow City Manager
Mark Jinks to raise taxes if
necessary to balance his fiscal
2017 budget proposal, due out
in January. Councilors held their
annual budget retreat in November following feedback from
residents through several community meetings, and approved
its overall procedure and the
guidance. Although the timeline
for Jinks to propose his budget
— and for council to adopt it —
was quickly endorsed, officials
debated a number of options
for new funds if Jinks proposes a tax rate increase, before
eventually leaving new funds as
discretionary.
PROPOSAL TO INCREASE
COUNCILORS’ PAY WITHDRAWN
After city council voted unanimously to bring a proposal
forward to give the mayor and
councilors pay raises at its December 8 meeting, sponsor City
Councilor Paul Smedberg tabled the measure on December
12. Under Smedberg’s proposal, the mayor would have been
paid $50,000 a year, while
other city councilors would have
made $45,000 per year. But at
the start of a public hearing,
Smedberg said he had decided
to park the planned raise for
councilors until the fiscal 2019
budget process so that more robust public discussions can be
had. He repeated his request
that City Manager Mark Jinks
continue to study the salaries
of aides as originally proposed.
FILE PHOTO
JUDGE: GSA EXCEEDED SIZE LIMITS IN TSA AWARD The General
Services Administration erred in its awarding of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s new lease to the Victory Center in Alexandria because the building exceeded the agency’s limit of square
footage as prescribed by its own request for lease proposal, according to a ruling by Judge Charles Lettow of the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims that was unsealed on November 25 and obtained by the Times.
Lettow’s ruling was first handed down November 11 under seal, and
voided the TSA’s move to the Port City, which had been announced to
great fanfare in August.
PHOTOS/CHRIS TEALE
BODY FOUND IN FOUR MILE RUN PARK For the second time in as
many months, the Alexandria Police Department investigated a homicide in one of the city’s public spaces, as a man was found dead in Four
Mile Run Park on December 4. Local officers working in conjunction with
the Fairfax County Search and Rescue Urban Team found the body of
city resident Eduardo David Chandias Almendarez, 22, in the Arlandria
park, suffering from what officers described at the time as “apparent
injuries.” He was reported missing on November 28 in the area near
Four Mile Run Park, and was described by police as a victim of previous crime and in danger. Police Chief Earl Cook said the incident may
be gang related, but that it could not yet be confirmed to be the case.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Weekly Words
AM I BLUE? By Theodore Lansing
across
1 Cooks over water
7 “Blue“ creature
14Astronomical distance
20Drop-off place on a desk
21 Insatiable greed
22James Cameron film
23Elevator alternative
24Moves back, as a hairline
25Smooth and connected
26Confetti, after a parade
28Examinations
30Fleur-de-___ (Quebec symbol)
31 Collector’s collection, perhaps
34Grassy field
35“A Nightmare on Elm Street” creator Craven
36Suffers, as an injury
40“Blue” food
44Handling clumsily
45Foreigners
46Looks embarrassed
50Man of tomorrow
51 Beach material
52Hand over, as land
53Adds up
58 Safety solutions in some factories
61Font or Kia model
62Chowed down
63Cookie type
64Imperturbable poise
65Heavenly being
67 Where one is always looking up?
71 “The way” in China
72 Some fortunetellers
74“Blue” fliers
75Mouth-watering
77One with powers of foresight
78Pitcher’s stat
79Properly clothed
80Deprive of status or authority
85Essentials
88Imitate a donkey
89Arabian chieftain (var.)
90Grumpy associate
91Atomic number 74
93Biological groups
95Bouquets
98“Blue” judgers
100 Hawaiian strings
102 Pigeon sound
103 Uno + uno
104 “The Double Helix“ subject
105 Game with matchsticks
106 Road runners
108 Coined money
111 Savanna leaper
115 “Sweeney Todd” food item
117 Place for hangers
121 Took advantage of, as a privilege
122 Put into motion
123 Yearbook-entry listing
124 Lobs softly
125 “Blue” recruit
126 Arched foot part
DOWN
1 Bro's relative
2 Explosive stuff
3 LAX announcement
4 Bittersweet covering
5 Monroe of Hollywood
6 Bettors’ formulations
7 Call one’s bluff
8 “Your turn,” in radio lingo
9 “Hotel du ___” (Anita Brookner novel)
10 Make believe
11 Keeps out of sight
12 Decorates a cake
13 Sticky places?
14 Trusted chum
15 Fifth or Madison, e.g.
16 Cheap cleaning cloth
17 Soviet leader Joseph
18 Having a nosh
19 Kind of examination
27 Greek letter
29 Dine at 9
31 Disparage
32 Four-legged race?
33 Threefold
35 Opposite of narrow
37 Nacho topping
38 “___ the night before Christmas ...”
39 Assistant
41 Giant California tree
42 Not costing anything
43 G-men and T-men
47 Hire
48 ‘49 defense alliance
49 Be stingy
52Picker
54 Attache’s mission
55 Finds fault with
56 Proofreader’s direction
57 Sushi fishes
59 “Fine” studies
60 Activate an alarm clock
61 Abstract form prominent in the '60s
64 Lacking a musical quality
65 Word from the pews
66 Buddhist's goal
67 Under covers
68 Become exhausted
69 Bikini tops
70 Large, colorful parrot
73 Blooming Hawaiian loop
76 Bill killer
79 Window stick-on
80Dull-colored
81 Metrical foot
82 Correct a manuscript
83 Police car device
84 Cheery song syllables
86 Aaron's golden calf, e.g.
87 Rounded stadium roof
88 Con ___ (vigorously)
92 Become rimy
93 Potato dumplings
94 Delta follower
95 Hands-on-hips position
96 Commotion or type of room
97 Sailor’s milieu
99 Verse on a vase
100 An Eastern Christian
101 Plant that can be poisonous
102 Raccoon relative
107 It follows high or Georgia
108 Building location
109 “ ___ Gynt”
110 Extremely long time divisions
112 “With the jawbone of an ___”
(Judges 15:16)
113 “Fever” singer Peggy
114 Yellow Pages displays
116 Baby food
118 AA member, before
119 Formerly, to a poet
120 Measure for a mixture (Abbr.)
Obituaries
BEATRICE CLIFTON,
of Alexandria, December 24, 2015
ANNE SCHOBER DONOHOE (91),
of Alexandria, November 11, 2015
MARGARET FORBES HALL (92),
JOHN LYNCH (81), formerly of
Alexandria, December 26, 2015
HANS C. WALKER JR.,
WALTER MANFRIED WEBER (74),
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In Memoriam
June Louise Chagnon
June Louise Chagnon, a
resident of Washington County,
passed away at the age of 83 on
Sunday, December 20, 2015, in
Machias, Maine.
June was born May 19, 1932,
in Billerica, Massachusetts, to
Harold D. and Elizabeth Baroni. June grew up in the local
area and graduated from Billerica High School in 1948.
She went on to attend community college, where she studied
bookkeeping and typing. June
would later use these talents
working for the local Cadillac
auto dealership and in the family business, Baroni & Sons
Contracting. On June 7, 1952,
she was married, in her home
town, to Thomas F. Chagnon at
St. Andrews Church. After their
marriage, June and her husband
raised their family of 5 children
in Chelmsford, Massachusetts;
They moved to Alexandria,
Virginia to follow Thom’s career with the federal government; In the late 60’s Thom
and June purchased a seasonal
home for their family, their love
for the ocean brought them to
Lubec, Maine where family
and friends have summered for
over 45 years. June loved sitting
on her deck watching the seals
swim in the Lubec narrows.
Upon Thom’s retirement they
built their winter home in Port
St. Lucie, Florida; which they
enjoyed for a few years before
Thom’s passing.
June was a devoted faithful Catholic communicant, actively serving in the women’s
guilds and religious education
programs. She also served as a
Cub Scout Den Mother for the
Boy Scouts of America. In her
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and cake decorating, and floral
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all. She was unwavering in her
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She was active in her children’s
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to lift the spirits of family and
friends with a warm and cheerful smile. She will be remembered as a loving and dedicated
wife, mother, and friend.
June is survived by her sons,
Thomas F. Chagnon, Jr., and
his wife, Eugenia, of Canton,
Massachusetts, John J. Chagnon, and his wife, Ana, of
Washington, D.C., and Michael
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husband, Joseph, of Whiting,
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and wife Betty Baroni, sisters,
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