Port City Dispatches: Waterfront Market, Machete Assault, Grocery Stores and Potomac Yard

Here are some of the week's important, interesting and fun stories concerning Alexandria and its people.

From Alexandria Patch sites:

Waterfront Market and Cafe Eyes November Opening — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Police Investigating Assault Incident Involving a Machete — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

Alexandria Police Investigating Van Dorn Street Bank Robbery — By Drew Hansen, West End Alexandria Patch

Harris Teeter Files $1M Suit Against Arlington County — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

Will Alexandria Put its Transit Shop on the Road? — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Work Begins on Potomac Yard Giant Grocery Store — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

Wood Partners Breaks Ground on Station 650 at Potomac Yard — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

Alexandria Officers Involved in Shooting of Taft Sellers Return to Regular Duty — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Clean Up Polk Avenue Park — By Beth Lawton, West End Alexandria Patch

Whole Foods Market Evacuated After Mishap in Parking Garage — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Five Guys West End Location Closes — By Beth Lawton, West End Alexandria Patch

Prince William Police Investigating Theft of Alexandria Officer’s Rifle  — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

Construction on New School Could Start in 2015 — By Beth Lawton, West End Alexandria Patch

O'Toole Rules! Alexandria Honors The Run for Veterans Project — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Grape + Bean Rosemont Begins Dine-In Service — By Drew Hansen, Del Ray Patch

New Safeway Grocery Store Under Construction  — By Beth Lawton, West End Alexandria Patch

The Kingsley Eyes Completion in Early 2014 — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

Council Approves Permits for New Old Town Gelato Shop — By Drew Hansen, Old Town Alexandria Patch

The Fresh Market Construction Progressing Quickly  — By Beth Lawton, West End Alexandria Patch

From Elsewhere:

Sale of Robinson Terminal Warehouses to Bring Development to Alexandria Waterfront — By Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post

Police Investigation Reveals Officers Fired in Self Defense — By Victoria St. Martin, The Washington Post

Ireton Football Honors Navy Yard Victims with Helmet Stickers — By Chelsea Janes, The Washington Post

Resurrection day at Virginia Theological Seminary — By Derrick Perkins, Alexandria Times

City Council Clears North Columbus Street Development — By Derrick Perkins, Alexandria Times

City Council Resolves Sculpture’s Permitting Problem — By Derrick Perkins, Alexandria Times

Full Disclosure? Forms Plagued By Lack of Information, Absence of Oversight — By Michael Lee Pope, Alexandria Gazette Packet

Review: A Stitch in Time — By Jeanne Theismann, Alexandria Gazette Packet

T. C., Nation’s SAT Scores Remain Flat While Virginia Scores Rise — AlexandriaNews.Org

VDOT Public Meeting: I-395 HOV Ramp Project At Seminary Road — AlexandriaNews.Org

Ann Taylor to close in Old Town Alexandria — By Rebecca Cooper, Washington Business Journal