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White’s Ferry may reopen after owners offer to donate it to Md. county

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April 17, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
The shuttered White’s Ferry as seen from the Leesburg side of the Potomac River in May 2023. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)
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Montgomery County officials said Wednesday that they hope to reopen White’s Ferry — a centuries-old service between Maryland and Virginia that was shut down in 2020 amid a legal dispute — after the owner this week offered to donate it to the county.

Chuck Kuhn, chief executive of JK Moving Services, and his wife Stacy Kuhn — who purchased the ferry in 2021 — said in a statement Tuesday that they are offering to donate the ferry to Montgomery County “contingent on Montgomery and Loudoun counties working together to find a solution to gain access to the Virginia shoreline and reopen the ferry in a timely manner.”