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Alexandria Brief: Become 5 Millionth Trolley Rider

The Alexandria Transit Company (DASH) anticipates reaching its milestone of carrying 5 million King Street Trolley riders since the service started in 2008.

The Lions of King Street

The winged lion appeared in many cultures over thousands of years. It symbolized beginnings and endings, “the seeker and the accomplished.” So, in one sense, the winged lion is a perfect business advertisement.

Dash Bus Art Contest Winners

DASH Seeks Rider Input

How to improve transit service?

DASH Seeks Rider Input

‘Dignity and Respect’ in Alexandria

DASH bus drivers and ACPS custodians ask council for funds to boost pay, retain jobs.

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Health and Healing in Fort Hunt

Businesses in harmony

Fairfax High Dance Team: Grand Champions

DASH Route Changes

These are first route shifts in five or six years.

DASH Route Changes

Living Legends Dash to Win

A number of Living Legends of Alexandria rode a Dash Trolley in Monday’s George Washington Birthday Parade.

Vienna Church Starts the Holy Season of Lent with Ashes and Dashes

Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 2589 Chain Bridge Road will once again be offering Ashes and Dashes, a drive-thru service that quickly provides ashes and prayer to Christian observers of Ash Wednesday, in its church parking lot on Feb. 10, from 6-8:45 a.m.

Calming Down North Shore Drive

Pedestrian accident highlights need for traffic calming device at Lake Anne.

Calming Down North Shore Drive

Fundraising for Lake Anne Elementary

Lake Anne Elementary PTA held a fundraiser called the ‘Dolphin Dash’ after the school’s mascot. In this fundraising dash the children go out and receive pledges (or a simple donation) for every lap they make around the parking lot. To date, they have raised upwards of $13,000 for the school. Pictured: Principal Brendan Menuey, Ed.D. and the parent who spearheaded this, Michelle Brennan, along with the dolphin and the students -- Bahran; Jinan and Martha, all fourth graders.

Letter to the Editor: True Danger Is Speed

I sympathize with Rocky and Julie Curtis’s account of their “frightful” experience rounding the southbound curve in Ft. Hunt Road just past the Martha Washington Library, but doubt that prohibiting turns into the newly-opened Westgrove Park (a local park meant to serve the residents within 1-2 miles) will solve the real problems confronting travelers along Ft. Hunt Road.

Mill Road Gets Straightened Out

(Click on "Download .JPG" to see large image.) A diagram of VDOT’s plan to realign the S curve on Braddock Road.

A diagram of VDOT’s plan to realign the S curve on Braddock Road.

All Aboard the Trolley

It was a cool October morning. The trolley door opened with a swish. “Good morning, watch your step," Marlene Stevens, the bus operator for the Alexandria trolley was beginning her first trip of the day.

(Click on "Download .JPG" to see large image.) A diagram of VDOT’s plan to realign the S curve on Braddock Road.

New Board Members Face 'Learning Curve'

Five new School Board members will join incumbent board members to serve a four-year term starting in January 2004.

New Board Members Face 'Learning Curve'

Alexandria: Last Stop

Sandy Modell retires from DASH.

Thirty-two years after she started driving buses part time in Harrisonburg in college, Sandy Modell is retiring from her position as CEO and general manager of DASH, the Alexandria transit company. For 28 years, Modell led DASH through massive expansions. Since Modell started, the company has grown from one million passengers on 17 buses to four million passengers across 85 buses.

‘Alternative 3 is the Worst of All the Plans’ in Centreville

Meeting about Braddock Road, Old Lee Road stirs controversy.

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