The Monday, June 23 regular meeting of the Town Council began with proclamations as Mayor Lori Cockrell declared Town Employee Appreciation Week from July 20 to...
The Front Royal Planning Commission unanimously voted on Wednesday, June 18, to recommend approval of a rezoning request for two parcels located along Elsia Drive. The...
The evening of Friday, June 13, was critical for the town of Front Royal and the larger Warren County as community figures and the people they...
Concerns over how much government oversight is too much took center stage at the Warren County Planning Commission’s June 11 meeting, as members voted to forward...
The Front Royal Town Council tackled a number of key issues during its Monday, June 9 work session—including finalizing the 2025–2026 fiscal year budget and taking...
Two parcels of land near South Royal Avenue in Front Royal may be one step closer to changing from commercial to residential use. At a work...
At the Monday, June 2 work session of the Front Royal Town Council, members revisited several significant issues, including hiring decisions, budget considerations, and a special...
The May 27 meeting of the Front Royal Town Council was marked by emotion, public gratitude, and a powerful show of support for community-driven recovery efforts....
For Tommy and Grace Wells of Warren County, adoption has always been part of their family plan. From the early days of their relationship, they knew...
Each week, under the calm exterior of this small town, local government conducts its business in meetings that are, to many, unremarkable. Yet for those paying...
The irises were grateful for the inclement weather while a gathering of iris enthusiasts took shelter under a roofed area exterior to a library building of...
In alignment with the comprehensive plan, the Warren County Planning Commission considered at their Wednesday, May 14 regular meeting several zoning text amendments, some of which...
At the Monday, May 12 work session of the Town Council, up for ongoing consideration was an application for a special-use permit from Divinum Auxilium Academy...
“This is what the community asked me for, so we continued to bring a little love and magic through crawfish,” said William Huck of C&C Frozen...
The Wednesday, May 7 meeting of the Front Royal Planning Commission began with a consultation between the chairman, vice chairman, and a musical therapist who came...
The evening of Monday, May 5, began for the Town Council at a work session with a presentation from representatives of Atlantic Union Bank regarding the...
At the beginning of their Monday, April 28 monthly, regular meeting, the Town Council took a moment to recognize the presence of the new town manager,...
Although Chair of the Board for House of Hope for Homeless Men, Michelle Smeltzer, expressed that she had hoped for a greater turnout for the Empty...
The Town-County liaison committee meeting of Thursday, April 17 was executed in under thirty minutes in a discussion largely driven by Mayor Lori Cockrell, who, accompanied...
The regular meeting of the Front Royal Planning Commission on the evening of Wednesday, April 16 began with a motion to approve the table of fees...
On the evening of Monday, April 14, the Front Royal Town Council welcomed its new Town Manager, Joseph Petty, to its governmental body. Petty brings prior...
The April 9 meeting of the Warren County Planning Commission found staff in good spirits as the titanic undertaking of updating the comprehensive plan and passing...
It takes a confident man to admit he looks for Bigfoot as a full-time job. Mike Familant is one such man. When he is not out...
Following a presentation by Chief of Police Brian Whited from which Mayor Lori Cockrell concluded that the speed cameras installed in school zones are definitely having...
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, give them to your sons. One...
In a discussion on the evening of Wednesday, April 2, following their review of items headed for public hearings, the Town Planning Commission turned its attention...
Having gone into a closed meeting after conducting a regular meeting on the evening of Monday, March 24, the Town Council came back out of the...
Urban planning in America over the course of the first half of the twentieth century saw an increase in the width of roads but since the...
The summary of the request, dated February 3, 2025, reads as follows: “The applicant, Vesta Property Management is requesting a conditional use permit for a short-term...
“I can’t prove that this intersection has failed right now just based off the uses that are there or that it would fail if this use...