Woodbridge

Victims Make Demands

By Potomac Local News
[File] Dozens of Flood victims in Woodbridge’s Holly Acres Mobile Home Park are not only dealing with homes that have been condemned, but a foul stench of sewage and rotting food that has permeated the area after flood waters receded. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Woodbridge, Va. — Almost a precursor of things to come, a project map depicting a wider U.S. 1 shows the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park being flooded and made into a retention pond sitting in a flood plain.

Holly Acres, located along Marumsco Creek in Woodbridge off U.S. 1, flooded last week not from a man-made event but did so after rains from Tropical Storm Lee inundated the region and putting the neighborhood and surrounding businesses under 10 feet of water. Nearly 100 people were forced from their homes and into a Red Cross shelter at the Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center.

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Bookshelves, Remaining Books at Borders Gone

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Bargain hunters sifted through the last remaining books at Borders Books of Woodbridge final day of business on Monday.

Woodbridge, Va. — Those in the market for a used book shelf, CD rack or anything Borders Books used to market their merchandise on got a great deal Monday. All store fixtures – which were also being sold off with the rest of the remaining merchandise after the retailer filed for bankruptcy – were marked half off.

A sign in the store window at Borders on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge on Monday stated it was the final day for the store that since the early 1990’s served as one of the area’s largest book retailers, and as a place to cozy up with a cup of coffee and read.

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Boil Water Order Lifted

By Potomac Local News
U.S. 1 in Woodbridge was 15 feet underwater Thursday after heavy rains led to flooding in the area. (Photo: OWL VFD)

Woodbridge, Va. — The order for some Woodbridge residents to boil their water before consuming it has been lifted.

The Prince William Service Authority issued the order Friday after flood waters devastated the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park and surrounding businesses.

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Cash, Not Goods Wanted for Flood Victims

By Potomac Local News
Flood waters inundated Holly Acres Mobile Home Park on Sept. 8, 2011, displacing at least 100 residents. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Woodbridge, Va. — If you want to donate to the victims who lost their homes in Woodbridge during the floods you had better bring cash.

More than 300 people took refuge at a Red Cross shelter at Woodbridge Senior High School on Friday, and those still at the shelter have been moved to the nearby Sharon Baucom Dale City Rec Center.

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Flood Victims Moved to Rec Center

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Marumsco Mobile Home Park resident Pedro Lunacy, stands in front of his home that was destroyed when the Marumsco Creek flooded and left his neighborhood looking like a war zone. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

By Kristina Schnack Kotlus

Woodbridge, Va. — Due to recent flooding in our area, the Red Cross will be using the Sharon Baucom Dale City Recreation Center (SBDCRC) as an emergency shelter. The SBDCRC was closed to the public beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday. The center will be used to provide temporary housing to Prince William County residents who lost their homes during the flooding, according to a Prince William County Park Authority press release.

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Retaining Wall Fails, Boil Water Advisory Issued

By Potomac Local News
Gloria Hernandez, Deacon for Ebenezer Baptist Church in Occoquan, stands at the door of her church watching as the heavy rains cause run off from Commerce Street, flooding the church basement in Occoquan Thursday evening. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Update

The Area Agency on Aging, which serves PrinceWilliamCounty, Manassas and ManassasPark has issued the following announcement on its services for today:

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