The Front Royal Town Council appears poised to approve a $173,400 contract with JTS LLC to act as Clerk of the Works to oversee construction of...
Front Royal’s mayor and town council continue to proceed cautiously toward instituting a property maintenance and rental inspection code. That caution appears fueled in part by...
Frustration was expressed by Front Royal Town Council members concerning a lack of enforcement authority the Town faces concerning deteriorating or “at-risk” structures. That frustration came...
If the Washington Metro system is part of your daily commute, be prepared to invest a little more time and money on Monday morning. The Washington...
The experience of a former appointed Front Royal Town Council member has led a current member to question whether council will be able to fill a...
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At a Monday (June 19) work session Front Royal Town Manager Joe Waltz reviewed efforts to streamline the Town’s solid waste collection department. For over a...
Fee and rate hikes are never welcome; however, in the case of the Town of Front Royal’s just approved electric utility rate increase the pain is...
Republican Ed Gillespie narrowly won the party’s nomination in Virginia’s race for governor, edging past Corey Stewart, a former Trump state campaign chairman who made preserving...
Local voters – along with citizens across the Commonwealth –have begun casting their votes in the state’s primary contests for governor. Polls in Tuesday’s primary races...
The Front Royal Town Council bid farewell to one of its own – perhaps with mixed emotions across the dais – and officially greeted its...
Following work session discussion, the Front Royal Town Council has rejected payment of a $98,416 retroactive bill from Warren County. The bill is for a decade...
Following a June 5 work session, the Front Royal Town Council seems no closer to a decision on changing employee residency requirements. The matter was scheduled...
FRONT ROYAL – Following the Royal Examiner’s coverage of the Tuesday, June 6 announcement of Interim Town Manager Joe Waltz’ appointment as Front Royal Town...
It seems like nothing comes easy regarding circumstances surrounding the Economic Development Authority’s workforce housing project. Discussion of the now controversial project was the first agenda...
Warren County supervisors questioned EDA Executive Director, Jennifer McDonald, and co-chair, Greg Drescher, Tuesday morning at a work session following its meeting. Watch the video and...
FRONT ROYAL – The Front Royal Town Council announced Tuesday that Interim Town Manager Joseph E. Waltz will be appointed as the next Town Manager for...
FRONT ROYAL – The first half of real estate tax bills, personal property tax bills and the current year vehicle license fee were due in Warren...
On June 2, 2017, Royal Examiner e-mailed questions to the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors regarding its workforce housing project. Three of...
The Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority was NOT a signing party to the “confidential agreement” that added a $445,000 purchase price to its workforce housing...
On Wednesday, May 31, Warren County Attorney Dan Whitten confirmed that, effective Friday, May 26, he has withdrawn as Economic Development Authority counsel regarding the workforce...
FRONT ROYAL – Town officials were busy Wednesday, as the process continued to fill the position of Chief of Police. Front Royal Police Chief Norman Shiflett...
An 8 a.m. board meeting on a Friday is difficult for most citizens to attend, and the Warren County Economic Development Authority is not broadcast live...
The divide about exactly what constitutes appropriate Front Royal Town Council meeting business ramped up another notch on Monday, May 22. Addressing the size of the...
On Friday, May 19, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority released a 383-page document in response to questions that have arisen about its workforce housing...
Shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, May 22, Mayor Hollis Tharpe made solar power in Front Royal official with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Actually Acting Environmental Services...
At its May 16 meeting the Warren County Board of Supervisors approved Capital Improvement Plans for two Sanitary Districts; and gave two newer Sanitary Districts –...
During his May 16 remarks in favor of the proposed Capital Improvement Plan for the Lake Front Royal Sanitary District, the district’s Advisory Board Chairman Charles...
On May 16, Warren County Attorney Dan Whitten invoked attorney-client privilege in declining to respond to a question from Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre about his...
On May 8 the Front Royal Town Council approved altering a $400,000 internal loan to facilitate a timed-out payment on Criser Road Trail improvements. Those improvements...