🌱 Were you near King Street during Saturday’s fatal crash?
Hey there, Alexandria! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Were you near King Street during Saturday’s fatal crash?
- How an Alexandria upbringing shaped a groundbreaking Ohio school board leader
Today's riddle: What did the stop sign say to the yield sign? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Partly sunny, brisk and cold, with a high of 31 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Tuesday: Turning cloudy; not as cold, temps: high: 39, low: 29.
- Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 52 and low of 30 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Early Morning Alexandria Crash Turns Deadly As Second Driver Clings To Life: Police (dailyvoice.com) — A deadly two-car crash at King and South Taylor streets early Saturday left one driver dead and another seriously injured, according to Alexandria Police. Westbound King Street was closed for several hours, and investigators are now asking anyone with eyewitness accounts, surveillance footage, or dashcam video to come forward to help determine what caused the collision. 
• 'Representation matters': Miami doctoral candidate to be first Black woman on Dayton suburb BOE (oxfreepress.com) — A woman who grew up in Alexandria and attended Howard University is set to become the first Black woman on the West Carrollton, Ohio, school board in January 2026. Now a Miami University doctoral candidate, she’s focused on representation, school safety, and equitable opportunities, drawing on her Fairfax County Public Schools background and decades of education and ministry work.
📸 Around Alexandria
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Preschool STEAM Play at Courthouse
Courthouse Library Children's Area ,
10:00 am -
Senior Bingo
Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
10:30 am -
City Council Government Operations Committee Meeting
Falls Church, VA Calendar
11:00 am -
Baby Lapsit Storytime at Shirlington
Shirlington Library
2:00 pm -
Ready, Set, Game! at Columbia Pike
Columbia Pike Library Drew Room,
3:00 pm -
Chanukah Festival - Old Town Alexandria
Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum , 201 S Washington St , Alexandria
6:00 pm -
Tuesday We Play (ages 5-12)
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Story Room
4:30 pm -
Banned Book Club
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Small Conference Room
6:00 pm -
Mayor's Agenda Meeting with Staff
Falls Church, VA Calendar
8:30 am -
CANCELLED: Mayor's Agenda Meeting with Staff
Falls Church, VA Calendar
8:30 am -
1s and 2s Time
Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library -
10:30 am -
Stitcher's Space
Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
10:30 am
Monday December 15
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hi everyone, I am the director of the Women's Business Center of Northern Virginia.
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- NANA Regional Corporation posted a job opening for Property Custodian in Alexandria. Apply here.
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Alexandria. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alexandria here.
🗞 Nearby News
Del Ray
- Just Outside D.C Is Virginia's City On The Potomac River Full Of Art, A Walkable Old Town, And Unique Attractions (islands.com)
- Police shut down portion of King Street to investigate serious crash that injured two people (alxnow.com)
Arlington
- Long-abandoned strip mall in Arlington to get a new life (wtop.com)
- Arlington Community Foundation (insidephilanthropy.com)
- Lilly Endowment awards $193.5 million to veterans, Indiana youth camps (philanthropynewsdigest.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know either. They were speaking in sign language.
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