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BY MARY BETH MARTIN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Chester Gap property owners got what they wanted, and were happy by the end of the meeting held at the Fire Hall there last Thursday to discuss the tri-county boundary adjustments.
A group of about 20 Chester Gap residents attended, some of them lifelong residents like Albert Wines, and others relative newcomers like Jim Vittitow, who moved to Chester Gap 18 months ago.
Vittitow’s son attends Rappahannock County High School, and he pays taxes in Rappahannock County. But his property is deeded in both Warren and Rappahannock counties.
But the proposed boundary change that ran along his street put him in Warren County.
“We all live in this community,” said Jim Vittitow. “It might make it easy to divide by a street, but it divides the community.” Pick Rappahannock
Just about everyone attending chose to have their property officially transferred to Rappahannock County, although the tax rate is slightly higher hen- than in Warren County.
The sentiment expressed was that their children go to school at the Rappahannock County Schools, and they feel like they belong to this county.
However, Ray Pennington, whose 108 acres was divided between the counties, said he didn’t care which county his land was in. He said to do whatever was easiest, and suggested surveying his property with a
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