“Take me to your library.” An extraterrestrial theme set the tone for the September 19 SamiCon event at Samuels Public Library. Everyone had fun as community...
For those who knew her, Lauren Kopishke was not only a fountainhead of institutional knowledge but a loyal friend. Recently, she left her role as planning...
At a work session on September 9, the County Planning Commission heard from Planning Director Kelly Wahl about the resumption of the Capital Improvement Program that...
As of this morning, Foreign Affairs, a journal where policy experts opine on what has happened, is happening, and will happen on the international scene, has...
“For those who want it,” Kevin Cuddeback said of an upcoming walk he organized at the former Avtex site, “no explanation is necessary. For those who...
The state of Virginia, on June 29, mandated cannabis as a permissible retail use, submitting it to a regulatory framework under the oversight of the Virginia...
At Melania’s Gourmet on September 1, the Royal Examiner sat down with candidate for Town Council Allen Neel during his meet-and-greet. Neel is currently the chairman...
The Royal Examiner had the privilege of sitting down with Isaac and Adam Rushing of Honey & Hops, as well as Reaching Out Now CEO Samantha...
What may be confusing for anyone who hears that the Town Council has considered closing a portion of Church Street to motor vehicle traffic is the...
At a regular monthly meeting on August 12, the County Planning Commission, amid two applications for short-term rentals and one for private camping use, turned its...
Two years have elapsed since the Town Council voted to cover the cost of a feasibility study for the AT connector trail that the Advisory Committee...
The August 3 work session of the Town Council began with consideration of a mural exceeding 60 square feet on the north side of the building...
As a journalist, I have been told in school to separate myself from the events I cover. It is inadvisable to accept food or to hold...
“I believe it is what I was put on this earth to do.” Adam Packham spoke candidly about Heroes on the River, a 501c3 nonprofit organization...
There was a sense of fatigue in the audience at a Town Hall special meeting of the Town Planning Commission on July 29. The point has...
A tied vote broken by Mayor Lori Cockrell postponed a decision on the proposed closure of a portion of Church Street until the August 24 meeting....
As former Town Manager Joseph Waltz once claimed, Main Street and the larger downtown are the Front Royal gem. I do not think I would be...
One might ask: What just happened? The past year has been a data center blur with significant milestones for this hotly contested issue. It seems to...
Because it needed to be formally subdivided, a property on Winchester Road that is partially within the town and partially within the county became the focus...
On July 8, the Warren County High School became the scene of impassioned public input against data centers. Chosen for its capacity to seat a crowd...
The July 6 work session of the Town Council began with an action item. This administrative task placed a moratorium on the receipt of any applications...
“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...