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St. Peter’s Catholic Church broke ground on its new building early in the summer, and by December it was almost finished.
The plans by Adelphia Cable to service parts of Rappahannock were in the news on and off all year—in December the town and county governments finally signed contracts. Some areas around Chester Gap already have cable service; for others it will be 1993 before the lines are installed and ready to go.
During July a citizens’ committee studying The Inn at Little Washington’s expansion plans issued its longawaited report. The major finding was that the project should be scaled down from what was put before the town two years ago. Inn owners Patrick O’Connell and Reinhardt Lynch said they will be using the study to formulate new7 plans.
In July the county’s congressman, U.S. Rep. D. French Slaughter Jr., announced he was retiring due to ill health. His son, French III, lost the Republican nomination to Va. Del. George Allen of Earlysville. Del. Allen also beat Rep. Slaughter’s first cousin, Kay Slaughter, in the General Election, and was subsequently gerrymandered out of representing Rappahannock County after this year.
The local elections in November were low-key; only Sheriff John H. Woodward faced any opposition, and he beat opponent Roger Cordani by a 2-to-l margin. The four'other constitutional officers and all five incumbent supervisors ran unopposed. State Sen. Kevin Miller, R, easily beat Democratic challenger Margaret Haynes; but the other incumbent state senator, Thomas Michie, was upset by retired FBI agent Ed Robb. Warrenton businessman Jerry Wood was elected to the 31st District seat over Woodville reap, dent Bob Darby. ^
All summer an ongoing dispute over Wakefield School boiled over, with multiple lawsuits, an eviction, a libel suit, and the eventual departure of 150 students, most of the faculty and equipment for a new site in Marshall. The school’s co-founder, Pamela Lynn, founded a new institution on the Huntly grounds, WakeSee
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