Haff out, Armstrong in as county chaplain

H artford Supervisor Dana Haff was replaced last week as chaplain of the Washington County Board of Supervisors amid a disagreement with Chairman John Rymph regarding how the embattled supervisor’s prayers would be structured.

Rymph appointed Whitehall Supervisor George Armstrong as the county’s new spiritual advisor during the board’s organizational meeting last Wednesday.

Haff, who had held the appointment for the last three years, was offered the job for a forth year but with limitations on the content of his prayers, which [...]

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