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It’s been nearly two and a half years since the last time White’s Ferry took cars across a lazy span of the Potomac River — and residents in Poolesville, Maryland, are still counting the days.
The following can also be found on the SWA website here “We heard from the rail workers. We heard from the truckers. We’ve got the longshoremen in the house, too,” said Leonard Riley, a longshore worker with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1422 and member of the SWA Coordinating Committee, addressing a packed house…
The future of White’s Ferry continues adrift after owner Chuck Kuhn announced Rockland Farm declined the $1.1 million offer to buy the Virginia landing area.
The current owner of the now-shut-down historic White’s Ferry says he’s “run out of options” to resume ferry service across the Potomac River, and now plans to sell the operation to Montgomery County, Maryland.
White’s Ferry, which carries passengers and cars across the Potomac between Maryland and Virginia, has been shut down for two years now. On Thursday, locals gathered to send a message to politicians that it is hurting the community.