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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I investigated the ACPS Transportation Department after major busing challenges arose at the start of the school year. The department's director is now on administrative leave while the district reviews the allegations raised in my story. Read the Alexandria Times!! Among my findings: 🧵(1/5)

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Only 3% of Brown University freshmen said they support the Trump administration, per Brown Daily Herald poll with 450 respondents.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A major development uncovered by the Brief. It comes after my reporting in @alexandriatimes.bsky.social found Alexandria shared Flock data with 11 agencies who had deputized their officers to enforce immigration law. Great to have a vibrant local press.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Big big story coming in the Alexandria Times next week!! Get ready

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Alexandria Times @alexandriatimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

City Council voices concerns for Flock amid nationwide backlash. Meanwhile, 25 years later, Alexandrians remember the day they could see, smell and feel 9/11. Here’s what’s happening this week in Alexandria! Visit alextimes.com to read the latest in our September 10, 2026, edition.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Alexandria Times can now report that all City Council members support the removal of Flock cameras operated by the Alexandria Police Department, following a Tuesday Council meeting where they voiced concerns over the tech. "Flock has got to go," Councilwoman Jacinta Greene told me today.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alexandria, Va., city councilors announced plans take down the city's Flock cameras, following community pushback and an investigative report in the Alexandria Times about the tech. "I do not think there is a role for Flock in this community," Mayor Alyia Gaskins said at a Tuesday council meeting.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Mayor Alyia Gaskins had asked the police department to retain Flock data for seven days, she told me last month. The department now says it has no plans of doing so, and will continue to retain data for 21 days.

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Alexandria Times @alexandriatimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A city under watch — and a data center hearing postponed. Here’s what’s happening in Alexandria this week! Visit alextimes.com to read the latest in our September 3, 2026, edition. #news #Alexandriava #newsupdate #localnews #flockcameras #datacenter #localnews

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New from me: “With Flock Cameras, a City Under Watch“ “The cameras arrived quietly. The same technology had enkindled a furor across the nation, but few in Alexandria took notice of the nondescript, black lenses affixed to utility poles. And yet here the cameras were — 81 of them, at least.“

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“With Flock, a City Under Watch” The Times uncovered more than 50 instances of Alexandria police officers improperly labeling the reasons for their Flock searches. alextimes.com/local-news/c...

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“I always thought that it’s so, so cool that our school allows you to do so much,” Ware said. But, she added, “I never thought about the fact that endless opportunities need space.” My latest on a ravaging local debate about ACPS classroom space: alextimes.com/local-news/e...

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Titan Robotics team advocates for sufficient workspace - Alexandria Times

By James Libresco | jlibresco@alextimes.com Charlotte Ware, 17, has long viewed her school’s abundance of extracurricular and vocational offerings as one of its greatest strengths. The rising Alexandr...

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New from me: Amid a contested VA-8 primary, the Democratic Party of Virginia confirmed that it accidentally sent a text message to voters backing VA-8 longtime incumbent Rep. Don Beyer. The state party’s rules say it doesn’t make endorsements before the primary.

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James Libresco @jameslibresco.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A powerful show of solidarity from Maryland student journalists after Montgomery County has moved to censor them. More than 150 student journalists from all 25 high schools in MCPS signed onto an open letter demanding the district back off. wapo.st/3S0X7Tq

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Fearing censorship, student journalists sound alarm over district policy

Montgomery County students are pushing back against a memo that ordered principals to review final drafts of all printed material.

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