“It will be important for them to prove that they are a technology business,” said Megan Marrazzo, vice-chairman of the Town Planning Commission, at a July...
Her bright spirit conveys an unawareness of the challenges she has faced in her brief life, or at least a casual dismissal. Her positive attitude sets...
In a unanimous vote, shortly after midnight on June 23, following a motion crafted by Vice-Mayor Amber Veitenthal, the Town Council denied a text amendment that...
In a blur of governmental action, the percussive repetition of the data center concern may overwhelm a simple question: How should Front Royal’s precious, industrially zoned...
Could a proposed hyperscale facility be intended to do things that are already described as by-right uses in Warren County’s ordinance? A public presentation at a...
It takes a special type of intelligence to operate in a grey zone. At a Town Council work session on June 8, Town Manager Joseph Petty...
The June 4 joint work session of the Town Council and the Board of Supervisors began with a word from Town Manager Joseph Petty about the...
Before the Town Planning Commission, for their consideration at a June 3 work session, was an application for a special-use permit to operate an automobile graveyard...
Once upon a time, a handshake and a person’s word meant something. Now, with the technological capacity to clone someone’s voice, used by scammers to elicit...
Nothing is set in cement yet. But at a June 1 work session, the mayor entertained discussion of a potential parking garage to relieve downtown congestion....
The Shenandoah River was the star of the show at the Freedom Flows Festival, an event at Eastham Park on May 30 that continued the celebration...
The May 26 regular meeting of the Town Council could be reported in many ways, all of them valid. With a blockbuster, landmark issue like urban...
In eleven minutes, the Town Planning Commission executed an agenda for the May 20 regular meeting. Items addressed were the proposed subdivision ordinance, consent to advertise...
What could be perceived as an evasion of public accountability could also be perceived as a public victory when the County Planning Commission on May 13...
“It communicates we’re open for business.” Vice-Mayor Amber Veitenthal, at a Town Council work session of May 11, identified the Achilles’ heel of an effort, developing...
What G.K. Chesterton might have called “too English to be true”, a phrase that originates from his celebration of all things English, The Ballad of the...
At a May 6 work session, the Town Planning Commission covered ground that included the subdivision ordinance, a review of the I-2 industrial zone, and an...
“It has been an administrative nightmare.” Planning Director Lauren Kopishke spoke frankly to the town council on May 4, emphasizing the need for greater clarity and...
Front Royal Town Council approved a series of key measures during its April 27 meeting, including an adjustment to the real estate tax rate and increases...
On April 20, the 2 For 2 Foundation facilitated a screening of “When Everyone Swims” at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. This documentary, filmed by Emmy award-winner Jerald...
Front Royal marked a historic milestone Saturday with an event that brought the past to life in a vivid, memorable way. The “From Lanterns to Liberty”...
“This is what I had been hoping for,” said Mayor Lori Cockrell at the April 16 Town-County liaison committee meeting, where topics ranged from tourism to...
In the wake of a case that was heard by the Board of Zoning Appeals, where, due to a misunderstanding or a lack of communication, a...
With the town attorney’s approval and a positive consensus from the town council, a memorandum of understanding is going forward between the Town and the Smithsonian...
Towards the end of a full agenda at the April 8 meeting of the County Planning Commission, under new business, which, due to its nature, does...
On April 6, in advance of a work session, the Town Council met for a retreat, in which the mayor and council members reviewed goals that...
“You can lose control of rabbits very fast.” Planning Director Lauren Kopishke pinpointed one concern among many during a discussion of urban agriculture at the Town...
“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.” In a passage of her journals, written during the 1950’s, American poet Sylvia Plath...
The quiet, historic neighborhood on Grand Avenue was awakened out of its sleep two months ago when an item in the consent agenda for the Town...
The March 18 work session and regular meeting of the Town Planning Commission began with a simple question: Is prohibition the best route? The topic concerned...