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.
| Story | Published |
| 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 |
