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JACK BADNEY adds: ‘‘A recent visit to Flint Hill showed many changes. I was sad to see the old school building fallen to disrepair. Also, Rector’s Store has apparently been closed for a number of years. I can’t really see how the new bank building adds to the town character, as I remember it.
“And, it hurts to think that the old Carey place seems beyond repair.
“However, Flint Hill is still Flint Hill, Hopefully, through the work of its fine citizens, the community spirit will remain high as it has for well over a hundred years...”
AFTER an early interest in journalism in high school, Dabney has held jobs as an editor for the Washington Daily News and the Northern Virginia Sun. He also served as an “air personality” for WEAM and WINX in the Washington area, and on WFTR in Front Royal. Before joining the Prince William County Government, he served two years as newspublic affairs director for
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