During recent discussion of the Town’s economic development future it was commented that the myriad legal issues the EDA is currently facing may be occupying an...
Correction: Royal Examiner would like to acknowledge a typo in the second paragraph under the subheader “Family and Friends” in the October 4 story “McDonald family members,...
Following a 20 minute open session and two closed sessions totaling three hours and ten minutes, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Board of Directors walked...
It was a nearly full house of around 60 citizens, mostly angry and accusatory, that greeted the Warren County Board of Supervisors and staff at...
The Front Royal-Warren County EDA, as a committed stakeholder in this community, is fully aware of the misdemeanor charges levied against past and current board members....
At the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority monthly meeting on Friday, September 27, a four-person quorum, plus one (Greg Harold) by phone connection for a...
According to the Clerk’s Office of the Western District of Virginia Federal Court in Harrisonburg, their grand juries are empanelled in April for a term of...
Thirteen of 14 EDA and County municipal officials indicted last Friday and booked Tuesday on three identical Special Grand Jury misdemeanor indictments regarding a lapse of...
We closed Part Two of our series on what went wrong within the EDA and local government that allowed an alleged embezzlement-tinged scandal to fester for...
Fourteen area residents have been indicted on misdemeanor charges related to an ongoing investigation involving the Front Royal – Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA). On...
Thanks to our daily update on the English language from Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary service we have come across a word we had been unfamiliar with that...
The so-called January double draw on the United Bank account the Economic Development Authority is using to pay for work or debt service on the Front...
“Do we want something different? Now is the time to say, ” said Councilman Jacob Meza. At the Front Royal Town Council work session on...
As Royal Examiner reported on September 11, that day Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre was awarded $20,000 of $25,000 in damages he was seeking in a...
FRONT ROYAL — The Reform Committee of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA) learned during its September 12 meeting that the Fiscal Year (FY)...
As the final weeks of the summer of 2019 arrive in the northwestern Shenandoah Valley, one small-town, rural community remains conflicted, perhaps even collectively traumatized by...
Town of Front Royal Attorney Doug Napier and legal counsel for the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority were in Warren County Circuit Court Thursday morning...
After three and a half hours of sometimes contention testimony Wednesday afternoon, shortly after 5 p.m. Judge Ian Williams awarded Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre a...
At its Special Meeting called for Tuesday, September 10, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority met in open session for a half hour before going...
At the special meeting of the Economic Development Authority (EDA) Board Meeting on August 30, 2019 the board directed staff to prepare a listing and summary...
In coming stories Royal Examiner will explore how the “catastrophic failure” of processes and oversight leading to the EDA financial fraud investigation and its resultant...
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES FRONT ROYAL/WARREN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA The Front Royal/Warren County Economic Development Authority is seeking proposals...
FRONT ROYAL — In the name of transparency, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA) Board of Directors during its Aug. 30 special meeting addressed...
December and January trial dates were set for EDA defendant Donald F. Poe Friday morning, August 30, in Warren County Circuit Court. A second EDA defendant,...
It was not as observers in the gallery seats with interested citizens, but rather in the “front row” of the meeting table with the full Front...
After spending the weekend in jail, both Jennifer McDonald and her husband “Sammy” North received secured bonds from Judge Bruce D. Albertson late Monday morning. By...
Some legal frustration was apparent Monday morning during an 8:45 a.m. video bond hearing related to the four EDA financial scandal arrests on Friday. That frustration...
At its monthly meeting of August 23 the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors discussed future legal representation in the wake of County...
Following another week of Economic Development Authority Special Grand Jury interviews former EDA Executive Director Jennifer Rae McDonald, her husband, Samuel “Sammy” David North and Donald...
When it rains it pours – and it is raining in Economic Development Authority criminal indictment world this Friday, August 23. Former B&G Goods co-owner and...