Monday, May 20, 2013
A new child care facility is now open on N. Henry Street.
Madison Day School recently opened to serve children ages two months through three years. The private school later this year plans to offer school instruction and activities for children up to five years old, according to a spokeswoman. It's located at 722 N. Henry St., near the intersection with Madison Street and is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. It already has a waiting list and is approved for a capacity of 26 children. The building was formerly occupied by Qi Home and Garden. For more information, call (703) 299-9800. For more news about Old Town Alexandria, "like" Old Town Alexandria Patch on Facebook, follow @alexandriapatch on Twitter and sign up for the daily, email newsletter. Find out more here.
Have an extra million bucks — or more — to spare? If not, here are some pictures of some of the region's most expensive properties to help when you dream.
Maybe you don't need 10 bathrooms. Or even nine. Maybe you don't need a boat dock in your back yard. Or a fully equipped gym. Some people, though, apparently do. And if you're not looking for much more than a roof over your head — and even if you're not looking at all — we can all dream, can't we? Well, we can do more than that: We can take a peek inside some of the most expensive homes for sale in Virginia and D.C. Just click on the links below to see what's for sale in some of our 31 Patches around the region. WOW: $1.3 Million Home Features Hot Tub WOW: Home Features Skylights, Library WOW: Annandale $1.3 Million Home Features Wrap-Around Porch WOW: Own a Barn in Leesburg Lakefront Contemporary on Upper Lake Drive Wow' House: …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Business owners can claim their free listing in Patch Places to promote their business and inform local Patch readers.
When Patch launched in late 2010, editors and freelancers ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. They made Patch Places into a spot where local consumers can find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and much more for stores and restaurants around town. All Patch readers can add information about local events, can rate the business on a scale of one to five stars and can add a review. But many owners of local businesses don't realize the full advantages and extra bonuses they get when they claim a listing. How to Claim Your Listing—and Why Owners or managers should search for their business listing on Patch in the search box above, click on your business listing and then click on "claim your listing…
Saturday, May 18, 2013
These homes are for sale in Old Town Alexandria and are hosting open houses this Sunday, May 19.
Here's our weekly random sampling of open houses and homes for sale in the Old Town Alexandria area. If you’re having an open house this weekend or have just listed a home for sale in Old Town Alexandria and you would like to add a photo, you can click on the “upload” button to the right. You’re also welcome to add text information to the comments section below. Click on the linked addresses below will bring you more information about each home. 510 N. Royal St. 505 Queen St. 426 N. Union St. 215 Prince St. 307 Wolfe St. 414 Gibbon St. 411 S. Lee St. 919 S. St. Asaph St. See more open house listings in Alexandria here. For more Alexandria real estate stories and information, see the Old Town Alexandria Patch real estate section here.
Friday, May 17, 2013
City Council is expected to consider a proposal in June put together by staff.
Council is expected to consider a legislative proposal in June that would bring food trucks to the City of Alexandria. “It’s a win-win for everybody,” said Rose Boyd, special assistant to the city manager, at a Friday morning small business event hosted by the Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association at St. George Gallery in Old Town. Boyd noted that the city is embarking on new initiatives to ensure Alexandria is small business-friendly and the acceptance of food trucks dovetails with those plans. City staff put together the proposal to go before council, which asked for the plan during a recent retreat. The trucks would be permitted anywhere through city limits 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. and allowed to park for up to four hours at a time …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Patch brings you the most recent restaurant inspection reports from the health department.
Alexandria Health Department officials inspected numerous restaurants in Old Town Alexandria in recent weeks. We all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation. "Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not corrected immediately and not repeated. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," according to Virginia Department of Health's website. The site continues: "Keep in mind that any inspection report is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. On any given day, a restaurant could have fewer or more violations than noted in the report. An inspection conducted on any given …
This Old Town Alexandria home on Duke Street is for sale now.
A home on a double-lot with a pool is a rarity in Old Town. A Duke Street home is listed for sale at $3,495,000. It has been on the market for more than a year. It is located at 414 Duke Street and features almost 5,000 square feet of living space. Built in 1850, the home has a ballroom sized double parlor, 13-foot ceilings and a gourmet kitchen open to a family room. There is also a master suite with sitting room, den and fireplace. According to the listing, there are "sun drenched rooms with architectural details, deep moldings [and] random width pine floors." There are also two porches, six fireplaces, a swimming pool and parking for two. Take a virtual tour here. Interested? This home is listed by McEnearney Associates, Inc. For …
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
City Council has many questions and little recourse when it comes to railroad company's request to expand operations.
Alexandria City Council members lamented Norfolk Southern's request to double the number of rail cars offloaded per day at its ethanol transloading facility in the West End at Tuesday night’s meeting at City Hall. Earlier this year, Norfolk Southern filed for a permit with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to increase offloading from the current 14 rail cars to 30 cars per day. Increased emissions under the plan mean Norfolk Southern needs an air quality permit to expand the scale of operations at the facility at 1000 S. Van Dorn St. Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday expressing its opposition to the issuance of a permit because of “increased air emissions” and requesting an informational meeting and separate …
The latest annual report for tap water delivered to the City of Alexandria shows the water complies with state and federal requirements, but its unregulated sodium levels are high.
Alexandria’s water complies with or was better than all state and federal drinking water requirements, according to the 2012 annual water quality report from Virginia American Water, which serves Alexandria. Some interesting findings about unregulated water quality: For the full report, click here (PDF). The annual report is required by the Virginia Department of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Alexandria’s water comes from two water treatment plants owned and operated by Fairfax Water – the J.J. Corbalis water treatment plant located on the Potomac River and from the Griffith Plant at the Occoquan Reservoir. Virginia American Water is a subsidiary of Voorhees, N.J.-based American Water.
Kristin
8:41 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Hi, Are home based business' allowed to have a listing too? I'm a Miche handbag representative and I'd love to have a listing on Burke Patch! Thanks. more ›