"new 4 this n week." show of support. how a prince george community is coming together after a fire displaced nearly a dozen families. cleaning m up. bor effort underway after storms littereaches along the chesapeake bay with dangerous debris. and jet ski tragedy. remembering a beloved docr who helped thousands of people in our area start a family. >> announcer: welcome to "new 4 this week." >> hello. m leon harris. and we'll begin with the outpouring of community support aftersi a m fire in greenbelt. this fire displaced near aly dozen families. bureau chief tracee wilkins got collected soations far and the overwhelming community response t >> reporter: stuff in this room represents a new beginning

for people who suddenly lost everything. >> i saw in the beltway how intense the spoke was so when i saw it broke down. >> reporter: lisa jordan was rushing him but too late. her frankly park apartment was soaked with water damage and the apartment above her gutted by fire. now she's one of 11 familiars displaced. >> every now and i then i try to keep myself together but then sensats you know you want to go home and you can't. >> reporter: nicole webb and her family areiving between their car and a hotel room after they were also displaced. she's happy they're safe and now focusedtun the . >> even when you get a apartment, you need rebuild and i need help once i against in for school for them. >> reporter: the fralin park apartments, the city of greenbelt nonprofit groups and churdes have fillevery corner of this complex office with donations that are now beingoxed up and prepared for families that need them. it is giving those misplaced a

head start on rebuilding. >> anything that they give is alwa helpful and a blessle. >> i appreciate them. i really do. aappreciate them. >> reporter: withll of the donations they've gotten here, they're really now focusing on ecific items. they could use diapers for instance for sizes four and they could use bed linens and of course gift cards. for more information go to nbcwashington.com and search apartment fire help. in greenbelt, i'm tracy win kins, news 4 a -- a rough week in chesapeake bay. a massive clean-up is there. chris gordon looks at mess left he rain we've had and how long it could take the bay to n get back pristine condition. >> reporter: it is every beachv nightmare. sandy point state park is closed for swimming. crews areorking toreclaim the shoreline and clean up. they are using chainsaws and

heavy equipment. >> they could enjoy the beach and the jetty and our picnic areas iut there too much debris in the water for them to safely be in the water swimming or >> reporter: this family from ohio is visiting friends frompr silverg and together they brought eight kids to the beach who are disappointed that they can't swim in the bay. so they played inool of water left on the beach from th recent rains. >> when we got here they stopped us at the front and let us know we couldn't get in the water. so a lot of moaning and groaning from the tiny ones. >> reporter: the bay is open for fishing so this family found a way to have fun. >> look at this. >> reporter: in annapolis, the dock known as ego alley has been cleared of debris but crews working for the harbor master are still at work and need inventori volunteers to help. >> we cleaned out eagle alley and now trying to get this accomplished. >> reporter: people are noticing the improvement. >> i think they' doing areat job at getting rid of the

debris. i saw your reports yesterday and from what i'm seeing it is down considerably. >> and speaking of the danger on the water, a jet ski accident has taken the life of a local tictor. over the years fty doctor steven greenhouse helped thousands of people start their families. colleagues at shady grove fertility sherrod hrt ity -- shared their memories of him. >> reporter: anybody said they are a family mournhe loss of one of their own. steven greenhouse a doctor with them for 20 years. >> incredibly passionate about heing people. it drove him. and it brought him to work every day. >> reporter: h colleagues say he loved life and loved to have fun. >> he would love to tell these really bad jokes and we would laughrending it was good but he was just -- he's a great

spirit, had a great sense about him. >> rorter: but one thing dr. greenhouse was always serious, about making sure everyone was treated with respect. if patients wer rude, dr. greenhouse wouldn't have it. >> i rember he would tell them very politely this is not the right place for them to be. and maybe they should seek care elsewherol >> reporter:agues say with every patient, dr. greenhouse always gavem t his personal e-mail and phone number telling them they could callny time. >> his compulsion and his involvement actually made me and the whole practice better. >> reporter: dr. sargeou are goskin said he was like a brother to him. >> it is just somethingan you never fully recover from. >> you don't always get a chance to say whatever it is you want to say tomorrow. do it today. love your family. hu your family >> reporter: in rockville, amy cho, new4.

a new construction project is creating a lot of headaches for thousands of commuters on the gw parkway. crews are working on the windy run bridge near spout run and the four lanes are now reduced to three. one lane traveling northbound and one lane always southbound but the middle gets switched around depending on rush hour ontraffic. theruction work is expected to end this fall. when we come back, exciteme is building about a new burger joint headed to montgomery county. we'll tell you whe and when you could get a burger at the newest shake shack. plus how to spot the signs enat your basem may be flooding and how you could stop flooding and how you could stop it from happening. alright, i brought in new max protein

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including half a dozen here in the district. a new work of public art is hidden in plain sight in loudoun county. three artists are completing a heve-panel mural on the back side of alamo draft house cinema at 1 many who visit won't know it is there. the artists say they tried to capture the past present and future of the county in this work. i wanted to creat a mural that celebrated old ingenuity and old ideals and turn into something new. >> i took the idea of nature to eagle and the plain and combined them and which also speaks to this area. >> the work is actually missouri visible to the people underon construc plans are in the work for a formal unveiling. we'll keep you posted. when we come back. do you read the reviews before purchasing anything? one of the largest review sites is sending out wnings about businesses with questionable comments, including one here in ourrea.

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it is one of the largest online review sites and now yelp is cracking down on thosele question comments. they're about 155 million reviews posted nn yelp right and the company said a quarter of them are suspicis. this week the i-team joedi fleischer found some businesses are facing scrutiny, includingh on in virginia. >> you've probably done it and so have we. clicked on the online review before making a purchase or an appointment. >> i laugh at the absurdi of some of the reviews i find. >> reporter: jason brown runs the website review.org outing businesses with suspiciousvi s and said you should be weary of what you read. >> billions of people are being tricked by the reviews.

>> reporter: this year i-team upcovered an industry aimed at fooling you with celebrity photos and businesses offering refunds to remove negative reviewsond overseas companies willing to writesi pove reviews for a price. the federal trade commission said it is illegal to post reviews that are misleading or fake or don't show a relationship between the customer and business. google and yelp use data systems to detect fraud. >> it lets consumers kno they're attempts to mislead them. >> reporter: jordan said he had many businesse identifies as having suspicious reviews caughd by his filterow he said there are 150 more, including home instead senior care in an on dale virginia. >> we found an unusuallyfigh amount positive reviews coming from the same ip address. >> reporter: that warning now pops up on yelp when you look up reviews for the company. i-team ck out what the

found on google reviews. multiple comments posted from people with the same l around the same time. including this one from troopy patel who wrote the office staff is very caring ande lifted on company website as the okkeeper. thteam reached out to home instead and spoke with the vp of operations andrew butler who said he had c noment. but reviews by a number of people with the last name butler also appear on the site and the first name matched butler's relatives and when the i-team asked he would not confirm if they are >> it might be fake and bias so the reviewer might be relatedo the business owner. >> reporter: yelp said the consumer alerts will remaisi on the w for the next 90 days. >> it doesn't mean that a company is bad. this is simply a warning to consumers. home instead is a franchise business with different owners at locations around c thentry. now we did reach out to the owner who told us in an mail,

quote, we recently became awar of this matter and have reached out tond yelp they remain committed to providing the best possible care toenur c and families. end quote. notice any changes in your basement. lot of us are seeing water seeping in after all of the rain we've been getting. news 4 justin finch is working for you with -- with a look at signs your basement is flooding and how you could stop it. >> reporter:? northeast in her d.c. home for years and one part of her home she was avoiding. >> i love to enjoy every part of my house and i'm scared of my basement. water time it rai comes under the door, through the walls and the windows. >> reporter: she's not the only ement battle b these days. days of heavy rain have left homesos acr our area taking on water in their basements too. and if you think yours have been

spared, think again. not seeing water doesn't mean it is not the says john bryant, owner of aqua guard water improvement. and so many people don't think about musty odor or white powder on the walls and cracks, discoloration or wall coverings, all of those things are warning signs that are telling you that the basement may leak one day. a simple solution to do around your home right now is keep an eye out for any of these drains, once they stt to get backed up, you could run into problems and they grow the more you ignore them. >> make sure your sub pump is woing and make sure you have your stairwell and windowwell clears and a working waterproofing system. >> reporter: basement repair costs could range so get estimated and prepare for a bill that starts at over $1,000. it could depend on your basement size and the repairs. for homeowners it is a worthwhile investment. >> to know that myouse is

secure, safe, no outside and water coming in. that feels really good. >> reporter: justin finch, news 4. >> now you saw t jackhammer sow know basement repair could be a yoeau or h your company proper permits before starting work down there. can you believe the redskins and football just a few weeks awll. along withf the regular excitement there is the excitement as the team gets ready t debut a brand-new quarterback. alex smith. sherree burres sat down with him at training camp. >> i end up with the most makeup or most exotic. it is fun. my kids are little. halloween when you a a kid is awesome. and this won't last for ever so it is fun to do wle they're little. >> your off season workouts are in hawaii and you cried the boulders under the water. what is that even -- how doe that help? >> i'm not sure it totally pertained to football.

but it is incrediblyng chalg, a ton of fun. i enjoy it. it is really hard to do those beach workouts and then we end by going out and we do the rock run der water and driving down and -- diving down and picking up a 70 pound rk under water. every alarm in your head is telling you to bail and go get some air and you have the guts to kind of quiet that voice down and focus on the moment and keep taking steps, keep focusing on the next step and how long can you go. you got more than you know you have in therend be lying the first time i went down i dropped the rock and came back uppr but you surise yourself and keep pushing and quieting that voice aor that istant come season. a lot of times the moments and the strese get big andhave distractions and we all have the internal voice and it is great practice to silence that and focus on the moment and let your

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university after multiple organ transplant and diagnosis. far from the home but a no-brainer for lori to step in and help. her son henry died at 7 years old of a rare genetic disease. >> for the last two and a half years of his life he lived in hospitals. >> reporter: through her traendy hope for hry was born and now a partnership with dormfy and they spruce up hospital rooms for kids. >> it changes the mood. it changes the way you feel seout where you are. >> reporter: becor little ones like jackson and even 12-year-old michael rubio, time in the hospital can linger on and on. >> nervous andry s because you don't know what is going to happen. >> reporter: stickers on walls, pictf friends and family brighten up the space a smile o kids can focus on being just that, a kid. even when life throws them

adult-like circumstances a lessons. >> trying to make the most of your life. >> reporter: nicole jacobs, news 4. >> and those smiles will help them heal. an that is all for "new 4 this week." i'm leon harris. and we leaveou now witore video of that clean-up on the chesapeake bay. thanks for joiniat us. have a geek. ♪ ♪

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