Clarksburg Cherishes Past, But Braces for the Boom

The Washington Post | June 3, 1989| | Copyright

The story they tell at the Clarksburg post office-about Germantown residents driving miles out of their way to Clarksburg to avoid the long lines at the Germantown post office-is both boast and warning.

Residents of this small community hugging the Frederick County line just off Interstate 270 in Montgomery County are proud of their tranquil, never-any-waiting way of life but fearful that it will be lost as new development overtakes their borders.

"Truly, this is a delightful place to live ... No, we don't want it to change, but realistically we know it's unavoidable," said Jeane Onufry, ...

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