Stung by the Pandemic, a Centuries-Old Alexandria Newspaper Tries Crowdfunding
The Gazette Packet has raised two thirds of its $50,000 goal
Gazette Packet began publishing in 1784 (its name was the
Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser at first; then the
Gazette and Port Packet; the
Gazette Packet emerged in 1834). Since then, the newspaper has chronicled Alexandria’s evolution from port city to consistently interesting D.C. suburb a transformation that continues to animate its letters pages.
And now it needs some help. The
Gazette Packet launched an online fundraiser late last year in hopes of raising $50,000 for the
Gazette Packet and other publications operated by Connection Newspapers in Northern Virginia. So far it’s about two thirds of the way to its goal.
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A lot of notable responses came via the Washingtonian Problems (no relation) Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Sean Doolittle will join the Cincinnati Reds. That’s just how the system works, as any good DSA member could tell you: Doolittle helped win a World Series, has nearly 150,000 followers on Twitter, and got married on the Mall. But he became a free agent after an injury-dinged 2020 season, and it quickly became clear he and his self-described “goth wife,” Eireann Dolan, probably wouldn’t be able to stick around long.
The way Doolittle and Dolan used their outsized platform spoke to Washingtonians. Not only did they meet on Twitter, they intuitively understood how to make the most of the service, whether they were raising money for LGBTQ+ kids in DC, smacking down Nazis, or dispatching the kind of troll who furthers the DC-isn’t-a-real-town-and-it-has-no-real-baseball-fans myth:
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Anthony Brennan III was sentenced to three years’ probation Tuesday for three counts of misdemeanor assault. He aggressively confronted three teens last June on the Capital Crescent Trail in an incident that went viral after a video showed him ripping posters from a teen’s hands.
Brennan, 61, apologized after he was arrested and lost his job. He pleaded guilty in December.
The
Washington Post reports that Montgomery County Circuit Judge Eric M. Johnson found Brennan’s apology to be sincere. Brennan was struggling with alcohol and drug abuse and had been “listening to different outlets of media,” the
Post reports his attorney said, when he saw the fliers on a bike ride and snapped.