Contacted by phone on April 20, ITFederal principal Truc “Curt” Tran said he was limited in what he could say about his plans for his 30-acre...
The Town/County Liaison Committee meeting on April 18th was headed up by Vice-Mayor Bill Sealock. Royal Examiner’s camera was there. A summary of the meeting follows...
Mayor Hollis Tharpe sent a letter to Town Council on Friday tendering his resignation effective May 2, 2019. Here is the letter: To whom it may...
Funding for West Main Street is in question. Due to the recent EDA problems, the Town of Front Royal may be holding the bag. Town Engineer...
With a rising tide of critical public scrutiny of past failures of municipal oversight of the Town-County Economic Development Authority resulting in civil litigation involving an...
Front Royal Town Staff has been working with Comcast on establishing a new franchise and pole attachment agreement for services in Town. The existing agreements expired...
On Monday evening the Front Royal Town Council gathered for the first time without Mayor Hollis Tharpe present in the wake of his self-imposed administrative leave...
The April 16th meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors started with comments from the public and then moved to reports from the Board, County...
On Monday morning, April 15, at the first of two special meetings of the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors called this week...
At the Front Royal Town Council Work Session on April 15, 2019, Vice Mayor Bill Sealock started the meeting with the announcement the Mayor Hollis Tharpe...
Front Royal Mayor Hollis L. Tharpe, 67, appeared in Warren County Circuit Court to face charges on Monday (April 15) upon being indicted by a Warren...
At the Warren County Planning Commission meeting on April 10, 2019, the Crooked Run West LLC requested an amendment to the Future Land Map in the...
At the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 9, 2019 County citizen came out to show their concerns about the budget, taxes, EDA and...
At the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 9, 2019 County citizen came out to show their concerns about the budget, taxes, EDA and...
At the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 9, 2019, County Administrator Doug Stanley before the public hearing made his budget overview presentation to...
FRONT ROYAL – Though criminal charges have not been filed against former EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald, it is likely they are on the way. Officials...
On Tuesday evening, April 9, Warren County’s elected officials found themselves between a rock and a hard place: a room full of people – estimated at...
At the April 9, 2019 Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting, the public turned out to speak their mind. There was standing room only when 200+...
At the April 8,2019 Town Council meeting the Humane Society of Warren requested a donation of the use of the Town Trolley for “Waggin’ for Dragons”...
While divided philosophically and criticized constituency for fiscal indecisiveness, the Front Royal Town Council unanimously approved a Real Estate Tax Rate of 13.5 cents Monday night....
At the April 2, 2019, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting Shenandoah Supervisor Tom Sayre, who is engaged in dueling defamation lawsuits with Jennifer McDonald, broached...
Today we add three more elected county officials to our record of public reactions to the escalating and seemingly never-ending story about the forensic audit of...
As noted in our story on approval of a half-million-dollar increase (to $760,000) in County funding of the financial investigation (forensic audit) and consequent litigation resulting...
At the April 2, 2019, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting Shenandoah Supervisor Tom Sayre, who is engaged in dueling defamation lawsuits with Jennifer McDonald, raised...
At the latest Town Council work session the following issues were on the agenda: Town Staff Items 1. Humane Society of Warren County Request to Use...
FRONT ROYAL – Following an hour-and-a-half closed session discussion Tuesday morning, April 2, the Warren County Board of Supervisors upped authorization on the cost of the...
In a rare open meeting discussion of EDA financial anomalies on Monday evening, April 1 – we know, who’s the fool? – the Front Royal Town...
The day before the EDA financial corruption story began dominating last week’s news cycle several citizens confronted the Front Royal Town Council on the proposed solution...
FRONT ROYAL – Royal Examiner has learned, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that, acting on the advice of then-EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald...
Following a tumultuous five-day period culminating with the Tuesday, March 26 filing of a nine-defendant, 199-point civil suit filed on behalf of the Front Royal-Warren County...