Just when it seems everything has been swept and made orderly for the ongoing ordinance rewrite that the Town Planning Commission is conducting, seven more obstacles...
At the October meeting of the County Planning Commission, the commissioners received public input about zoning text amendments for backyard beekeeping. At their meeting on Thursday,...
“The story of Vinicola Wine Bar began twenty-five years ago,” Daniel Elliott, the owner of the bar at 205A East Main Street, shared with the Royal...
“Sometimes we can get compliance, and sometimes we cannot get compliance.” This basic truth spoken by Town Manager Joseph Petty at the Town Council’s work session...
“This is our future right here.” Supervisor Cheryl Cullers captured the significance of an event she attended on the morning of Friday, November 7, at Skyline...
“This is so great,” Commissioner Allen Neel enthused at one point during the Town Planning Commission’s work session of Wednesday, November 5. He was speaking directly...
The Monday, November 3 work session of the Town Council began with housekeeping items, led respectively by Clerk of Council Tina Presley and Finance Director B.J....
There is no reason Halloween must be dark. A holiday marking a shift in the seasons, the day has been observed throughout history as a time...
Due to an item being pulled from the agenda, the monthly regular meeting of the Town Council on the evening of Monday, October 27, was transacted...
Having changed hands multiple times in recent history and rumored to be haunted, Valerie Hill Vineyard & Winery is a gem nestled in the rural outskirts...
On the evening of Thursday, October 23, at Reitano’s Vineyards, the Board of Directors for the Warren County Educational Endowment hosted an appreciation dinner in celebration...
A quiet college campus turned into a buzzing hub of energy and purpose on Tuesday, October 21, as more than 200 high school students gathered at...
Smoothly written, evoking doctoral elegance, in which the controlling idea is the protection of a finite resource, Supervisor Richard Jamieson’s paper on groundwater is available on...
A fifteen-minute regular meeting of the Town Planning Commission was followed by a lengthy work session on the evening of Wednesday, October 15. The single item...
On November 1, the day begins early for the team at Honey & Hops Brew Works on Main Street, a day dedicated to men’s health, with...
“This is not a punishment,” said Planner Kelly Wahl, speaking at a work session of the County Planning Commission on the evening of Wednesday, October 8....
Amid a full agenda, the Town Council took time on the evening of Monday, October 6, at their work session, to hear from staff about data...
The Town Planning Commission on Wednesday, October 1, at their monthly work session, took a microscopically focused look at auxiliary dwelling units as well as the...
After two years of covering a Town Council body that has remained the same except for a town manager’s departure at the beginning of this year,...
“We’re baking a cake for Daddy to show him that we love him.” “Otherwise, he won’t know we love him?” “That’s right.” A film about suicide,...
At their Wednesday, September 17 meeting, the Town Planning Commission voted to recommend the proposed data center ordinance, with Commissioner Megan Marrazzo dissenting. Even Marrazzo acknowledged...
At a meeting of the County Planning Commission on Wednesday, September 10, an item that had been tabled at a previous meeting reappeared for a verdict...
“It can’t be both,” said Ellen Aders, a member of the Board of Architectural Review, referring to the tug of war between preservation of the Historic...
Amid an update from Tourism Director Lizi Lewis, several housekeeping items presented by Purchasing Manager Michelle Campbell and Finance Director B.J. Wilson respectively, and a request...
On Saturday, September 27, Royal Oak Bookshop will celebrate fifty years of business, and the community is invited to celebrate with them. Its inception in 1975...
On Wednesday, September 17, the Town Planning Commission will hold two public hearings at 7 p.m. in the Warren County Government Center, the second of which...
In a week’s time, a structure will have arisen on Osage Street, adjacent to the community treasure Spelunkers. For the people who eventually inhabit this residential...
Among several items briefly addressed, like special use permits and a request for refund of an application fee, the Town Council reviewed at their Tuesday, September...
Amid an initiative to relax the requirement that the town manager reside in Front Royal, revision to the employee handbook regarding paid time off, affirmation of...
“This is my third year running this group at ASR,” said Debra Curtis in an email interview. Curtis is one of the teachers, and the group...