John Anzivino, right, is greeted by EDA Board Treasurer Tom Patteson at the Jan. 10 meeting at which his contract as interim executive director was approved....
After an hour-and-thirty-eight minutes behind closed doors – much of it devoted to an initial report from the confidential accounting consultant hired to help with the...
The issue of maintenance repairs and financial responsibility for them at the Economic Development Authority-owned old Stokes Mart building on East Main Street was brought to...
At a specially-called meeting of January 23rd the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority cleaned up some accounting issues that have arisen in the wake of...
Transparency. It’s what every public servant should strive for; it is what every citizen should demand. It is not, however, what often transpires in local government....
In late 1967, Town Council and the Warren County Board of Supervisors, by reciprocal ordinances, jointly formed the “Industrial Development Authority of the Town of Front...
Three weeks after the resignation of Executive Director Jennifer McDonald the Economic Development Authority Board has appointed an interim replacement. Following a Thursday morning, January 10,...
Citing “attorney-client privilege” Warren County Attorney Dan Whitten has denied in full a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Royal Examiner on Jan. 2,...
Following a 45-minute closed session added to the Tuesday morning, January 8, meeting agenda of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, a motion authorizing an expenditure...
The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority has announced a special meeting for Thursday, January 10, 2019. Barring last-minute agenda alterations, the 10 a.m. meeting will...
After a one-hour closed meeting convened at 10 a.m. Friday morning, December 21, the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize a $90,000 expenditure...
Following a 2-hour-and-20-minute closed session at a special meeting called for Thursday morning, December 20, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors unanimously...
A June 2019 civil trial date was set in the defamation lawsuit of Warren County Supervisor Tom Sayre against Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive...
Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors Chairman Gray Blanton verified to Royal Examiner on Wednesday, December 19, that he did not intend for...
FRONT ROYAL – After a nearly 3-3/4-hour closed session Friday morning (Dec. 14) the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors passed two...
While it was a divided Front Royal Town Council that approved a resolution detailing the discovery of years of overpayments on bond issues though the Economic...
FRONT ROYAL – Legal arguments on the substance of the civil defamation lawsuit brought by local attorney and Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre against Front Royal-Warren...
FRONT ROYAL – As Royal Examiner reported in its introduction to a video of the annual auditor’s report to the Town Council Finance Committee on November...
The Royal Examiner’s camera was at the November 26, 2018 Front Royal Town Council meeting. Below is the resolution to read. Watch the council’s discussion and...
FRONT ROYAL – The ever-wise “they” say “follow the money” and you’ll get to the bottom of any story. On Monday night, November 26, a resolution...
FRONT ROYAL – A former city manager with about 40 years experience as city manager in Winchester and other municipalities was named Tuesday as the...
For the third time this year, Front Royal resident Mark Egger addressed the Warren County Board of Supervisors Tuesday evening, imploring the panel to remove Front...
FRONT ROYAL – For the first time since Royal Examiner broke the story on Oct. 31 that the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority had overcharged...
Jennifer R. McDonald, executive director of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA) was acquitted Wednesday (October 31) on a misdemeanor charge of filing a...
The Royal Examiner has learned that the Town of Front Royal began examining its finances several months ago regarding the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority,...
Following an early-morning public hearing at which two representatives of a nationwide affordable housing redevelopment company pitched their plan to purchase and upgrade The Royal Arms...
An impasse between the Town of Front Royal and ITFederal principal Truc “Curt” Tran over financial responsibility for installation of a drainage line through Tran’s Royal...
Near the outset of the October 9 Front Royal Town Council meeting, Melanie Salins revisited her criticism of what she believes is a “sweetheart” deal delivered...
Citing lingering health issues and a fall over the weekend, William “Billy” Biggs tendered his resignation Monday as the longtime Treasurer of the Front Royal-Warren County...
The misdemeanor criminal trial of Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jennifer McDonald will go on as scheduled the afternoon of October 31 in...