Woodbridge

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.

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.

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.

Woodbridge, Va. — More than 40 families remain without permanent housing following floods that ravaged the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park earlier this month.

Today, those families along with the Woodbridge Flood Victims Committee will hold a press conference to announce a benefit concert for the flood victims. That conference is scheduled at noon at the Woodbridge mobile home park where so many are still trying to put their lives back together, said Ricardo Juarez Nava with Mexicans Without Borders.

Police found the man running along U.S. 1 in Woodbridge and later took him to the hospital where he later died. Insidenova.com has more.

Woodbridge, Va. –– Something funny happened on Mac McQuown’s walk to every state capital to raise awareness of the victims of Sept. 11. He began to have problems with the wheel on his cart after leaving Stafford and made an unexpected stop at a Woodbridge firehouse.

McQuown left the Globe and Laurel Restaurant in North Stafford on Sunday morning, 10 years to the date following the terrorist attacks. On Monday night, he stopped into OWL VFD Station 2 in Woodbridge after he encountered trouble with the cart he was pulling, said fire department spokeswoman Rebecca Barnes.

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.

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.