Update: Rock Hill Church Road reopened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday following the crash.
Stafford County, Va. — A propane tanker truck crashed today leaving one hospitalized.
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Prince William
Woodbridge, Va. — The annual meeting of the Woodbridge Potomac Communities Civic Association will be held later this month and some new faces could be appointed to leadership positions.
The association will meet Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge, where up to five new members could be elected to serve on the association’s board of directors. The current board has seven members, and four of those members will remain on the board as their three-year terms have not expired, according to a press release from the WPCCA.
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Stafford, Va. –– State politicians are taking notice of a landslide that continues to creep closer to two Stafford homes.
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Stafford) came to Brush Everard Court in the Austin Ridge neighborhood to tour the damage, and to tell homeowners the state is looking into possible financial assistance for homeowners to help repair the failed land behind their homes.
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Fire Station 23 at River Oaks, at U.S. 1 and River Ridge Boulevard near Dumfries, has been operated by the Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department since opening on Sept. 11, 2010. While career firefighters employed full time by Prince William County have always staffed the station on weekdays, DTVFD has struggled to staff the station with enough volunteers on weeknights and weekends.
Now, Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department crews will work there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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By KJ Mushung
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School officials said 49 students had just left Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School in North Stafford and were sitting in stalled traffic on Garrrisonville Road (Va. 610) when a car ran into the back of the bus about 1:30 p.m.
Damage to both vehicle was minor due to the slow speeds at which they were traveling and no one was injured, said officials. A passing fire truck was able to stop at the scene and summon additional help.
Fire and rescue crews at 5:56 a.m. Friday were called to a house fire at 135 Theresa Drive, just off Winding Creek Drive in Stafford, as fire engulfed the second story of the two-story home.
Everyone escaped the blaze without injury, and fire crews were able to bring the fire under control within 30 minutes of arriving on the scene, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle in a press release.
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Woodbridge, Va. — Fire crews overnight were called to a townhouse fire just off U.S. 1 in Woodbridge.
Rescue units were called to the 14000 block of Winding Loop in the Heather Glen neighborhood about 1 a.m. to battle a fire in a three-story town home.
Fire and rescue crews at 3:40 p.m. were called to the 3400 block of Caledonia Circle, just off Cotton Mill Drive, after flames broke out in a three-story town house.
Three people were home at the time of the fire, and one person became trapped on the third floor of the house. Two others tried to rescue the victim but were injured and fled the burning house, said Prince William fire and rescue Battalion Chief Joseph Robertson.
A $215,000 grant was awarded to the Sentara Family Health Connection Mobile Clinics to cover operational expenses, salaries, and renovations to the oldest of the mobile clinic’s two vans.
The Potomac Health Foundation awarded a second grant of $85,000 to fund the new “Every Baby, Every Time,” program which will be operated out of the mobile clinics. Every Baby, Every Time is a prenatal education and care program that will include pregnancy tests, general prenatal care and finding a prenatal/delivery provider for women in the community.