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Putnam repairs rest stop derecho damage
By Kate White, The Charleston Gazette
HOMETOWN, W.Va. -- Parks and recreation officials in Putnam County had been working to make the Hometown roadside park a nice place to stop along W.Va. 62.

It was a nice place, parks and recreation director Scott Williamson said, much nicer than a few years ago, when it was an area that had become known for drug deals.

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Putnam repairs rest stop derecho damage
By Kate White, The Charleston Gazette
HOMETOWN, W.Va. -- Parks and recreation officials in Putnam County had been working to make the Hometown roadside park a nice place to stop along W.Va. 62.

It was a nice place, parks and recreation director Scott Williamson said, much nicer than a few years ago, when it was an area that had become known for drug deals.

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