THE NEWS DESK
The News Desk is a collection of news, notes and breaking items affecting the Fredericksburg community.
UPDATE: Area power outage numbers as of this afternoon
Happy Fourth of July! Utility crews worked through the night and today and have brought the estimated number of homes and businesses in the Fredericksburg area that remain without power down to 3,557 as of 2 p.m. today. The number was 6,588 at 9:15 Tuesday night.
Dominion still has approximately 25,000 customers without power in the Northern Virginia region. The number in the Fredericksburg area is 3,557. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative has about 1,330 customers still without power.
The Northern Neck Electric Cooperative has restored power to all of its customers, and Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative has restored power to all but 111 customers. In the Fredericksburg area, that includes 20 customers in Fauquier County.
Caroline: 0
Culpeper: 364
Fauquier: 959
Fredericksburg: 262
K.G.: 255
Louisa: 58
Orange: 529
Spotsylvania: 133
Stafford: 996
Westmoreland: 1
REGIONAL TOTAL: 3,557
DOMINION WORK CREWS
here are the places Dominion crews will target in our area today:
COLONIAL BEACH
New Monrovia Rd
DAHLGREN/KING GEORGE
Payne Dr
Rt 218 at Old Dalgren Rail Rd
Caledon Rd
Dogue Run Ln
Good Hope Rd
Green Hill Ln off Owens Dr
James Madison Pkwy
Ridge Rd
Rt 206 East of Rt 659 intersection
Rt 619 East of Rt 218
Weedonville Dr
White Hall Rd
FREDERICKSBURG/STAFFORD/SPOTSY
West of Rt 218 at Rt 619
Bridgewater
Brooke Rd
Cedar La
Chatham Ln
Colebrook La & Purvis La
Conway Rd
Deacon Rd
Dixon St
Fall Hill Ave & Riverside Dr
Forest Lane Rd
Gold Mine Rd off Rt 752
Greenbank Rd off Celebrate Va. Pkwy
Greenbank Rd south of Sanford Dr
Greenhill Ln
Hampton Dr
Holly Corner at Rocky Run Rd
Hope Rd Past Somerset La
Hope Rd Past Stafford Ave
Hope Rd at Lovelace La
Rt 624 @ Peytons Market
Rt 1 @ Clark Hill Rd
Leeland Rd @ Morton Rd
Leeland Road at Conway
Greenbank Rd @ Rocky Run Rd intersection
Main St
Mansfield St
Mountain View Rd
Naomi Rd
Rt 3 Across From F Burg Sand & Gravel
Rt 668
Ramouth Church Rd
Richards Ferry Rd
Rocky Run Rd
Rt 206 at Rt 218
Rt 652 Past Rt 654
Rt 752 @ Rt 748
Rt 17 @ Rt 723
Third St off Bend Farm Rd
Tidewater Trl @ Rosser St
Truslow Rd
Rt 17 @ Hartwood
Wendy St @ Denise St
Westwood Dr
William St
Dent Doad at Cobbleston Subdiv
Brooke Rd & Millbrooke Rd
Coal Landing Rd
Courthouse Rd @ Cedar Ln
Eskimo Hill Rd
Potomac Run Rd south of Eskimo Hill Rd
Rollinswood La
State Shop Rd
TRIANGLE
Barnette Cir
Carborough St
Weaver Rd
WARRENTON
Ashville Rd
Blackwell Rd
Blantyre Rd
Canterbury Dr
Carrington Rd @ Rt 55
Cobbler Mtn Rd @ Old Woods Rd
Dunnottar Ln
Foxhunt Ln
Hume Rd @ Morrison Mill Rd
John Marshall Hwy & Old Markham Rd
Rt 211 near St Leonards Ln
Rt 688 @ Rt 635
Rt 724 near Rt 732
Rt 724 North of Rt 732
Pleasant Vale Rd
Richards Dr
Rt 601 Near Kinloch
Sage Rd @ Oak View Rd
Rt 730 near Rt 688
Stillhouse Rd off Rolling Hills Dr
TODAY’S WEATHER
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory today from noon to 9 p.m. The heat index will be 100 to 105 degrees.
COOLING CENTERS
King George County: Cooling shelter is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at King George Fire Department Co. 1 at 8122 Kings Highway.
Stafford County: Cooling center at Gayle Middle School, 100 Panther Drive, Stafford, VA 22406, will be open today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Residents can cool off, have a drink and take a shower. Shelter officials ask that individuals bring their own bath essentials.
WATER
In King George, the public can go to Fire Company 1 775-8900 or 2/Dahlgren 663-3252 to fill water containers. Call first: Crews may be out on calls and not in station. King George County’s cooling shelter is open today at the Citizens Center, 8076 Kings Highway, until 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The King George YMCA has opened its showers to the public, but the Y is closed today for the Fourth.
In Orange, because of continuing power outages and high temperatures, the Orange Rescue Squad is offering water to the public for drinking, pets and toilets. The squad’s station is located at 151 Berryhill Road. Residents will need to bring their own containers. The Orange Rescue Squad is also still available as a cooling center for those with specific medical needs. For more information, call 540/672-1234.
STORM DEBRIS
IN FREDERICKSBURG: City crews will make a special collection of refuse beginning on Friday, July 9 and ending Wednesday, July 13. Various types of refuse will be taken in small quantities only and articles larger than 16 cubic feet and heavier than 75 pounds will not be collected. All loose trash must be bagged, boxed, or tied for easy handling. All refuse must be placed at the curb no later than 7:30 am, Monday, July 9. Subscription to the city’s regular trash service is not required for this special collection and there is no charge for this service.
Items that will NOT be collected include:
Household garbage
Paints
Brush piles
Hazardous materials
Building materials
Spotsylvania County: Due to clean-up following recent storm activity, the Livingston Landfill Convenience Center, Chancellor Convenience Center and Berkeley Convenience Center will temporarily remain open one hour longer for collection of brush, trees (no stumps, or construction debris) and yard waste, until 7 p.m. on the following days:
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
NOTE: these facilities, other convenience centers, and the Livingston Landfill will be CLOSED Wednesday, July 4, 2012, as previously scheduled, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Normal operating hours for all sites, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., will resume on Saturday, July 7, 2012.
Questions? Call 507-7725.
