As we remember the thousands lost on 9/11, and the tough, terrible sacrifices made by U.S. service members in the years to follow, 230 years ago people in our area were making terrible sacrifices of their own.
In 1781 the American Revolution was in its sixth year. By this time in September, General George Washington and his French counterpart, General Rochambeau, had just left Mount Vernon for Yorktown, where they hoped to lay siege to British and Hessian forces encamped there.
North Stafford, Va. — Conditions at two homes now victims of a landslide have gotten progressively worse.
On Saturday, two families were evacuated from their homes at 116 and 118 Brush Everard Court in North Stafford’s Austin Ridge neighborhood after the ground behind their home began to shift. Now, the ground has slid about 100 feet from where it was before, and those who evacuated still have not returned home, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
Looking for something to do on Oct. 1? There’s a festival going on along the Potomac River.
On October 1, the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge will be the scene of the second annual Fall Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Potomac River Refuges. Special guests will include native plants, birds, butterflies and other wildlife. There is no admission charge and all activities are free!
Shannon Bream has made a successful TV career for her herself since she was Miss Virginia, working at WRC-TV in Washington and now FOX News Channel.
Though her job may take her to many spots around the nation to cover breaking news stories, Bream always comes back to Woodbridge to eat her favorite barbeque at Dixie Bones Barbeque on Occoquan Road, according to Northern Virginia Magazine.
The residents of the houses at 116 and 118 Brush Everard Court called 911 to report the ground outside their home had shifted. Fire crews later found the retaining walls had failed and that there had been a significant shift in the ground, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
Occupants in both homes were relocated and did not need assistance from the Red Cross, said Doyle.
Photos by: Mary Davidson
Stafford, Va. — The bell tolled for not only for firefighters in Stafford County on Sunday, but for first responders across the U.S. both currently serving and those who died in terrorist attacks 10-years ago to the day.
The Potomac Communities could see more rain tonight, and a flash flood watches have been posted through the evening.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop mainly before 10 p.m., bringing with them additional rain that fill fall on already saturated ground. Between and tenth and a quarter inch of rain is expected to fall.
All Virginia Railway Express trains headed south on the Fredericksburg line are being stopped at Franconia due to high water.
The transit agency water is washing out track ballasts and the trains cannot go any further.
Fredericksburg, Va. — An earthquake that lasted 22 seconds, centered 38 miles away from Mary Washington University, damaged every building on campus.
That’s the latest report from the student newspaper at the Fredericksburg school filed after the 5.8 magnitude quake that rocked the East Coast on Aug. 23.
