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.
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.
Woodbridge, Va. — Officials and the community remembered 22 people from Prince William County who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
Police said 40-year-old Edgar Tobar, a construction employee, was standing near a roadway of a construction site when another employee operating an asphalt roller lost control of the machine and ran over Tobar, said a Fairfax County police spokesman.
Tobar was taken to a local hospital where he died.
Photos by: Mary Davidson
Story by: Uriah Kiser
Update
The Area Agency on Aging, which serves PrinceWilliamCounty, Manassas and ManassasPark has issued the following announcement on its services for today:
SCHOOLS CLOSED, LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARED
Initial reports indicated some students were being moved from Woodbridge Middle School to another nearby school, however they were false.
There are unconfirmed reports that children from Woodbridge Middle School are being moved to nearby Fred M. Lynn Middle School because of flooding at the school. We’re told the students who are moved there will be dismissed from Fred Lynn Middle.
Woodbridge, Va. — The doctor’s office in Woodbridge known for funny banners has done it again.
Hanging above the front entrance to Potomac Plaza on Smoketown Road, just across from Potomac Mills mall, is a banner that states: Potty like a rock star.
