Alice is a reporter at Our Community Now writing about culture, the internet, & the Society We Live In™.
When she's not writing, Alice enjoys slam poetry, historical fiction, dumpster diving, political debates, FOIA requests, and collecting the dankest of memes.
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How Every Neighborhood in Richmond Got Its Name |
2/9/21 |
The Perfect Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Weird Internet Edition |
1/25/21 |
From Netflix to Hulu to Prime to Disney+: Here's Every Streaming Service, Compared |
11/30/20 |
How 43 Giant, Crumbling Presidential Heads Ended Up in a Virginia Field |
11/23/20 |
The 5 Most Haunted Places in RVA (According to Ghost Hunters) |
10/22/20 |
The Creepy History of Richmond's 18th-Century Hotspot-Turned-Real-Life Haunted House |
10/21/20 |
Dude, Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery Is Totally Haunted |
10/16/20 |
5 Apps to Help You Stay Safe During a Hurricane |
8/4/20 |
'Quarantine Letters' From 1918 That Sound Exactly Like Your Twitter Timeline |
7/24/20 |
Northam Denies Richmond Mayor's Request for Modified Reopening |
5/27/20 |
Norfolk, Hampton Beaches May Reopen This Weekend |
5/26/20 |
Virginia Launches AI-Powered COVID-19 Symptom Checker |
5/26/20 |
As the Beaches in Virginia Beach Reopen Today, Governor Urges Caution for Memorial Day Weekend |
5/22/20 |
Gym Owner Gives Out $40,000 of Equipment So Members Can Work Out During Quarantine |
5/22/20 |
Monty Python 'Silly Walk' Yard Signs Encourage Neighbors to Laugh in COVID-19 |
5/21/20 |
These Flamingos Are Not Social Distancing at All |
5/20/20 |
Governor Reopens Virginia Beach's Beaches for Memorial Day Weekend |
5/18/20 |
Virginia Is Hiring 1,300 Contact Tracers: Here's How to Apply |
5/18/20 |
Northam Approves Stoney's Request to Delay Richmond's Reopening |
5/15/20 |
Northam: Virginia Will 'Go Ahead' With Reopening on Friday—But Without NoVA |
5/13/20 |
Northern Virginia Will Likely Not Reopen With the Rest of the State, Northam Says |
5/13/20 |
6-Year-Old Boy Opens 'Joke Stand' to Cheer Up His Elderly Neighbors |
5/13/20 |
COVID-19 Patient Exchanges Uplifting Notes With Nurses Through Glass Window |
5/12/20 |
London Man Claps for 24 Hours in Solidarity With Health Care Workers |
5/11/20 |
Virginia's Stay-At-Home Order Will Soon Become Safe-At-Home Policy, Governor Says |
5/8/20 |
This Week's Uplifting Coronavirus News: 3 Ways Humans Coped This Past Week With Acts of Kindness |
5/8/20 |
Richmond Bus Routes Delayed as Nearly Half of of GRTC Employees Strike for Hazard Pay |
4/29/20 |
These Grocery Stores Now Require Their Workers to Wear Face Masks |
4/24/20 |
Divorced for 30 Years, Elderly Couple Remarries Under COVID-19 Pandemic |
4/24/20 |
DC to Construct Temporary Field Hospital for COVID-19 Patients at Convention Center |
4/20/20 |
Virginia Governor Proposes 60-Day Eviction Grace Period |
4/16/20 |
Virginia Just Decriminalized Marijuana: Here's What It Means for You |
4/14/20 |
Americans Are Making More Phone Calls Than Ever Before |
4/13/20 |
In Virginia Beach, Coughing on Someone Is Considered a Crime |
4/9/20 |
Auto Insurers Will Pay Back $800 Million to Consumers Since Americans Are Driving Less |
4/8/20 |
The 7 Best Interactive Maps Tracking the Coronavirus in Real-Time |
4/8/20 |
How to File for Unemployment in Virginia |
4/3/20 |
The Maryland Historical Society Is Now Cataloging Your Stories of Life Under Quarantine |
4/3/20 |
What You Can (and Can't!) Do Under DC's Stay-at-Home Order |
4/1/20 |
What You Can (and Can't!) Do Under Maryland's Stay-at-Home Order |
4/1/20 |
Here's What You Can and Can't Do Under Virginia's 'Stay-at-Home' Order |
3/31/20 |
There's a Coronavirus Pop-Up Store Selling Face Masks, Hand Sanitizer, and More in DC |
3/9/20 |
Let's Pause Aging and Cure Your Cat Allergies: Scientific Discoveries You Missed This Week, Explained |
3/6/20 |
UVA Cancels Spring Break Study-Abroad Amid Coronavirus Concerns |
3/4/20 |
Win Tickets to the Foo Fighters at DC Jam Live 2020 this Summer |
3/4/20 |
Get Local: 15 Hot New Trends to Watch for in Richmond This Spring |
3/4/20 |
Feeling Down? 12 Best Places in Richmond to Have a Good Cry |
2/6/20 |
15 Things That Happen When You Quit Drinking |
1/31/20 |
Hands Off: Virginia Debates Bill Making It Illegal to Hold Your Phone While Driving |
1/24/20 |
12 Adult Life Hacks No One Ever Tells You |
1/24/20 |
The 6 Best Neighborhoods for Trick-or-Treating in Hampton Roads |
10/24/19 |
Esports Programs to Launch in Virginia High Schools Starting This September |
7/31/19 |
Richmond Grad Student Performs Science Experiment Onstage, Wins Miss Virginia 2019 |
6/25/19 |
Here's Everything We Know About Facebook's New Cryptocurrency |
6/18/19 |
As '90s Toys Make a Comeback, Tamagotchi Returns to Awaken Millennial Nostalgia |
6/6/19 |
In an 8-Hour Day, the Average Worker Is Productive for This Many Hours |
5/6/19 |
Everything You Know About Facebook Is Changing |
5/3/19 |
Facebook Is Changing: Here's Everything You Need to Know |
5/3/19 |
36 Weird Hobbies That Are Better Than Dating in 2019 |
5/1/19 |
Weird Gift Guide: 10 Shocking Mother's Day Gifts Your Mom Has Always Dreamed Of, Probably |
4/24/19 |
FDA Approves First Generic Naloxone Nasal Spray, Reducing Price of Life-Saving Overdose Antidote |
4/23/19 |
Rideshare Drivers Can Kick Back, Relax, and Even Do Their Taxes at New 'Lyft Hub' in Richmond |
4/1/19 |
13 Weird Websites to Help You Waste Time on the Internet |
3/27/19 |
CVS to Sell CBD Products in Maryland Stores |
3/25/19 |
Survey Asks Parents to Weigh In on the State of Henrico County Schools |
3/22/19 |
Oops! MySpace Just Accidentally Deleted All Your Embarrassing Photos From High School |
3/21/19 |
Walmart to End Its Popular Price-Matching Program |
3/19/19 |
Getting Ready for PEEPshow? Here's the Best of Peeps Art Contests of Old |
3/11/19 |
Virginia Is Raising the Smoking Age to 21 -- And Actually, That's What It Used to Be |
2/25/19 |
Virginia Governor Signs Bill Increasing Tobacco Age to 21 Starting this July |
2/22/19 |
This City in Maryland Is Hosting a Peeps-Themed Art Contest, and We're Obsessed With It |
2/22/19 |
This Startup Is Offering a '100% Fatal' Service to Preserve and Upload Your Brain to the Cloud |
2/14/19 |
Here's How Much Your Personal Data Is Selling for on the Dark Web |
2/8/19 |
Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Raise Legal Vaping and Smoking Age to 21 |
2/7/19 |
7 Weird Change.org Petitions to Inspire Your Activism for the New Year |
1/24/19 |
Saturday Halloween? Thousands Sign Petition to Move Holiday's Famous Date |
10/26/18 |
Wheel of Fortune's 'Wheelmobile' Is Rolling Through RVA in Search of Trivia Experts |
10/23/18 |
Chesterfield County Accidentally Leaked 2,300 Taxpayers' Social Security Numbers |
10/23/18 |
Rocket Lab Wants to Launch 3-D Printed Rockets From Virginia Coast |
10/19/18 |
Virginia Beach Schools Give WiFi Hotspots to Students With No Internet at Home |
10/18/18 |
'Not Haunted' House for Sale in Crozet, Virginia |
10/17/18 |
Virginia Brothers Save Woman, Dog Trapped in Sinking Minivan: 'We Got to Get the Lady Out' |
10/15/18 |
Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Phone Numbers, Email Addresses As Part of Latest Breach |
10/12/18 |
Virginia Faced With Tornadoes, Flash Floods, and Widespread Power Outages in Michael's Aftermath |
10/12/18 |
5 Confirmed Dead In Virginia After Hurricane Michael |
10/12/18 |
165,000 Without Power in Central Virginia Due to Severe Storms |
10/12/18 |
Here's What's on Your Ballot for Election Day in Virginia |
10/12/18 |
Tornado Warning Issued in 7 Virginia Counties |
10/11/18 |
Hurricane Michael Expected to Bring Tropical Storm-Force Winds to Hampton Roads |
10/9/18 |
Netflix In Richmond? The Streaming Giant Eyes a Virginia Expansion |
10/9/18 |
Officials Warn Facebook Users About Hoax Messages |
10/9/18 |
Astronaut John Glenn's Maryland Home Sold for $1.3 Million |
10/8/18 |
Hurricane Michael Is Strengthening, Could Impact the DMV |
10/8/18 |
Google Is Shutting Down Google+ Following Massive Data Breach |
10/8/18 |
Banksy Painting Self-Destructs Moments After Being Sold for $1.4 Million |
10/6/18 |
Siri Can Now Discreetly Record If Police Pull You Over |
10/6/18 |
Norfolk Has Confiscated More Than 400 Bird Scooters |
10/5/18 |
The Facebook Hackers Could Have Accessed Your Tinder, Spotify, Instagram, and Airbnb, Too |
10/4/18 |
At Virginia Restaurants, OpenSeat Will Match You With Other Strangers Dining Alone |
10/4/18 |
Virginia Is Now Offering REAL ID Licenses, And Soon You'll Need One to Board an Airplane |
10/4/18 |
DC Council Votes 'Yes' on New Law Restricting Airbnb Rentals |
10/3/18 |
3.4 Million Chickens Drowned in Hurricane Florence |
9/25/18 |
Coca-Cola Is Considering Selling Marijuana-Infused Drinks |
9/21/18 |
The Rise of eSports Lounge Gaming: Gameworks Expands In Chesapeake |
9/20/18 |
A Movie About Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Is Set to Film in Richmond |
9/19/18 |
Photos: 1 Man Dead After Confirmed Tornadoes Near Richmond |
9/18/18 |
Truck Driver Rescues 64 Cats and Dogs from Hurricane Florence on an Escaped School Bus |
9/17/18 |
All the Viral Hoaxes We Survived With Hurricane Florence |
9/17/18 |
Tornado Reported Near Richmond, Virginia |
9/17/18 |
Norfolk Is Opening 2 Pet-Friendly Shelters for Hurricane Florence |
9/13/18 |
Norfolk Warns About People in Fluorescent Vests Trying to Force Residents to Leave Their Homes |
9/13/18 |
The Full List of Hurricane Closings and Cancellations for Hampton Roads |
9/11/18 |
Hurricane Florence Looks Terrifying From Space |
9/11/18 |
The Vikings Are Coming to DC |
9/7/18 |
Good at Video Games? Virginia's Randolph-Macon College Could Give You a Gaming Scholarship |
9/7/18 |
Crabby MD Restaurant Owners Respond to PETA Campaign With Billboards of Their Own |
9/6/18 |
The Vikings Are Coming to Baltimore |
9/6/18 |
Virginia Man Erects Electrified Fence to Keep Schoolchildren Off His Lawn |
9/5/18 |
The Vikings Are Coming to Norfolk |
9/5/18 |
Chick-fil-A Is Ditching Its Famous Cow Calendars, And People Are Not Happy |
8/31/18 |
Marylanders Are Crabby About These PETA Billboards Telling Them to Stop Eating Their State Food |
8/30/18 |
'Sea Lice' Attack at Ocean City Beach ... Right Before Labor Day Weekend |
8/30/18 |
DNA Drugs and Secrets of Stonehenge: Scientific Discoveries You Missed This Summer, Explained |
8/30/18 |
Here's What to Do If You Can't Find an EpiPen During the Nationwide Shortage |
8/29/18 |
41% of Maryland Teachers Work Second Jobs; 91% Buy Their Own School Supplies |
8/29/18 |
Kroger Will Phase Out All Plastic Bags by 2025 |
8/29/18 |
I Asked Everyone I Encountered for Life Advice One Day, and This Is What They Told Me |
8/28/18 |
Dozens of Companies Are Vying for a Piece of the Med Marijuana Market in VA |
8/28/18 |
Ready to Get Slimed? Your Favorite '90s Game Show Is Back -- And It's Coming Live to Norfolk |
8/28/18 |
Ready to Get Slimed? Your Favorite '90s Game Show Is Back -- And It's Coming Live to Baltimore |
8/28/18 |
Auditions for American Idol Are Being Held in Richmond |
8/27/18 |
Over 500 People Are Sick From Eating McDonald's Salad |
8/25/18 |
Virginia Man Shot Over Argument About Aretha Franklin |
8/24/18 |
Deep Sea Jellyfish and Water on Mars: Scientific Discoveries You Missed This Summer, Explained |
8/23/18 |
Grand Theft Noodle: Nearly $100,000 of Contraband Ramen Noodles Stolen in Heist |
8/21/18 |
Traffic No More? The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Gets a Makeover |
8/21/18 |
There's a 'Magic School Bus' Event, and I Am So Here for It |
8/21/18 |
Kings Dominion Bans Cell Phones on Roller Coasters |
8/20/18 |
7 Unusual Things to Do With Your Body After You Die |
8/20/18 |
A Leaked Internal Memo Reveals Pumpkin Spice Lattes' Earliest Release Date Yet |
8/17/18 |
This Is What AI Art Looks Like in 2018 |
8/17/18 |
Take a Picture of Your Food With the Hashtag #ShareYourPlate, and Feed the Homeless |
8/17/18 |
A Brief History of Popular Richmond Neighborhood, 'The Fan' |
8/16/18 |
Dozens of Norfolk Students' Private Health Info Gets Posted on School System Website |
8/16/18 |
Synthetic Organs and Art By AI: Scientific Discoveries You Missed This Summer, Explained |
8/16/18 |
Here's How to Celebrate National Honeybee Day on August 18 |
8/16/18 |
Virginia Beach Military Families Wanted for Country Music Documentary |
8/14/18 |
1,600-Pound Great White Shark Spotted Off Virginia Coast |
8/13/18 |
Lime, Anyone? Silicon Valley Scooter Startup Scopes Out RVA |
8/8/18 |
I Want to Ride My RVA Bike Share Bicycle |
8/3/18 |
The Updated List of Things Millennials Are Killing in 2018 |
8/3/18 |
Maryland Man Attempts to Bribe Police Officers With Doughnuts |
8/1/18 |
The Education System Is Failing Kids with ADHD. VCU Is Trying to Change That. |
7/31/18 |
NTSB: Please Stop Jumping Out of Cars for Drake's #InMyFeelings Challenge |
7/31/18 |
41 Things You Only Miss About College Once You Graduate |
7/23/18 |
After Months of Rescheduling, RVA Is Finally Having its Christmas Parade -- in July |
7/18/18 |
This Game Show Is Basically the Hunger Games for Millennials With Student Loan Debt |
7/18/18 |
VCU Students Compete in Elon Musk's Hyperloop Competition |
7/17/18 |
Hampton Roads Man Wins $1 Million Lottery |
7/12/18 |
Virginia Schools Are Now Required to Talk About Mental Health, Thanks to These High Schoolers |
7/11/18 |
13 Weird Dating Sites That Actually Exist |
7/10/18 |
10 Shows to Binge-Watch on Netflix This Summer |
7/9/18 |
7 Grocery Shopping Tips for Broke Millennials |
7/5/18 |
This Company's New Site Lets You Simulate the Effects of Aging |
7/2/18 |
RVA Fireworks Guide: Everywhere You Can See Fireworks This 4th of July in Richmond |
6/29/18 |
CVS Fights Opioid Crisis With Safe Drug Disposal Program |
6/28/18 |
Starting July 2, Richmond News Agencies Can't Monitor Police Scanners Anymore |
6/27/18 |
Pulse of the City: RVA's New Rapid-Transit Buses Launch With One Week of Free Rides |
6/25/18 |
The 8 People You Always Meet on Tinder |
6/22/18 |
This School Honoring a Confederate General Will Now Be Named After Obama |
6/22/18 |
The 8 People You Always Meet on Tinder in RVA |
6/15/18 |
Welcome to Adulting 101, The Class You Don't Want to Admit You Need |
6/14/18 |
In Norfolk This Summer, Every Kid Gets Free Lunch |
6/11/18 |