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peer ior retaining tne rural character and small town ambiance of the county.
Mitzie Young, a member of the Town of Washington’s planning commission, said she lielieved the town of Washington would “die” unless local leaders took some action to revive businesses and town life.
“We will be a county of dead towns and dead villages,” she warned.
County Administrator John McCarthy agreed that as it becomes a tourist Mecca, the 'Town of Washington is unrelated to the rest of us.” The town until a decade ago had several stores, two small restaurants and more local resi
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