Independent Rappaport poised to break GOP sweep in Town Council election

With 8 of 8 precincts reporting in the Town of Front Royal, it appears that independent conservative Bruce Rappaport has broken through the GOP stronghold to win one...

County Republican Committee Election endorsement mail-out under scrutiny for use of Registrar’s Office return address

A pre-election mail-out from the Warren County Republican Committee (WCRC) urging Warren County voters to cast ballots for committee members it endorsed for the Front Royal...

Cyberbullying Forum: Know the signs, solutions, & criminal aspects

  To provide support to the community, Warren County Public Schools (WCPS) and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office jointly sponsored the Cyberbullying Forum on Thursday, November...

Farms Advisory Committee recommends 1-year moratorium on Sanitary District fees, approves CIP recommendations, and fights ‘rubber stamp’ role

In a report on action item recommendations to the Warren County Board of Supervisors in the wake of its November 3rd meeting, Shenandoah Farms Sanitary District...

Town and County Planning Commissions compare notes on Comp Plan updates

On Wednesday, November 2nd, the Town and County Planning Commissions conducted a joint work session to review their respective Comprehensive Plan Reviews and attempt to get...

School Board approves salary scale updates, bonuses, higher hourly wage for trip bus drivers

  Among several action items, the Warren County School Board on Wednesday, November 2, approved a new hourly wage for bus drivers who take on extra...

Warren County Supervisors wrestle with real estate values jumping 40-50 percent

The Warren County Board of Supervisors, at its Nov. 1 regular meeting, quickly dispensed with the monthly reports and the consent agenda before discussing the 2023...

Front Royal Zombie Walk 2022

The 10th Annual Zombie Walk raised nearly $800 and 80 pounds of food for the Humane Society of Warren County. Hundred of Zombies once again walked...

Mixed Bag: Supervisors delay final action on Data Center Ordinance, rule on Short-Term rentals

The Warren County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting October 25th and began with approval of a budget amendment that would carry over a $3.3...

Jury takes less than hour to find ‘Sammy’ North liable in wife’s ‘scheme’ to move $110,000 from EDA to real estate transaction for personal gain

After just over five hours of testimony, evidence, and opening and closing arguments by plaintiff and defense counsel Tuesday, a seven-person Warren County Circuit Court civil...

American Legion Community Band Fall Concert – October 25, 2022, R-MA Boggs Chapel

In celebration of the fall season, the American Legion Community Band presented their Fall Concert on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:30 pm in Boggs Chapel...

Front Royal Public Works driver Sam Grimsley hanging up his keys after over 32 years with Town

After over 32 years on the job at the Town of Front Royal Public Works Department, Samuel L. Grimsley plans to retire on Dec. 1. The...

Council grants special exception parking permit for 12 Chester Street; Approves short-term rental for Fairview Avenue home

The Front Royal Town Council, at its regular meeting on Monday (Oct. 24), held a public hearing to consider a special exception parking permit for the...

FRPD sexual solicitation of minors sting nets second arrest of out-of-town male

On Monday, October 10, 2022, Front Royal Police detectives initiated an investigation regarding the solicitation of minors in the Warren  County/Front Royal area. Detectives started a...

Liaison Committee discussion reveals County-Town staff ‘Negotiations’ on past jointly funded FR-WC EDA projects – could this carryover to the litigation front?

The Front Royal-Warren County Liaison Committee meeting of Thursday, October 20, tackled a 10-item agenda on outstanding issues of mutual interest to the two geographically overlapping...

Town Planning Commission avoids Murphy Theater debate, bids farewell to Vice-Chairman Gordon

The Front Royal Planning Commission held its monthly meeting on October 19, and in the absence of Chairman Daryl Merchant, Vice-Chairman William Gordon, whose resignation from...

Ongoing staff challenges prompt action by School Board

To attract more licensed teachers to the Warren County Public Schools (WCPS) homebound instruction program, the Warren County School Board voted 4-1 to approve an increased...

Back on the streets, Front Royal’s Festival of Leaves celebrates a half century

Supervisors explore budget carryover process and new software prior to light meeting agenda – THEN there was the closed session

A Tuesday evening, October 18, work session of the Warren County Board of Supervisors began with Finance Director Matt Robertson’s explanation of his recommendation for a...

Town Council consensus is to move forward with FREDA after staff irons out missing procedural details

On Monday night, October 17, the Front Royal Town Council and its newly created, and meeting as of this January, Front Royal Economic Development Authority (FREDA)...

‘Pick of the Litter’ Thrift Store to open in early November, will help support the Humane Society of Warren County’s operations

The Humane Society of Warren County (HSWC) is again spreading its wings, so to speak. Not long after establishing a discount spay/neuter clinic in downtown Front...

Out of the frying pan and into the fire – Rogers sworn in as newly appointed town council member Friday afternoon

Shortly after 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 14, in the Warren County Courthouse, Skip Rogers was sworn in as the newly appointed member of the Front Royal...

County Planning Commission tackles unique down-zoning request in Linden

At its regular meeting on October 12, the Warren County Planning Commission faced a mixed agenda of Conditional Use Permit (CUP) requests and a rezoning request. ...

Council schedules joint meeting with its EDA as it ponders the costs of FREDA’s continued existence

“To be or not to be” – that seems to be a Shakespearean question looming regarding the continued existence of the unilateral Front Royal Economic Development...

FRPD sting operation nets charges of solicitation of minors for sexual purposes against 22-year-old Bowling Green man

On Thursday, September 22, 2022, Front Royal Police detectives initiated an investigation regarding the solicitation of minors in the Warren County/Front Royal area. Detectives started a...

Local military veterans advocate Skip Rogers edges out vet Joe McFadden for next year of McFadden’s vacated(?) council seat – But is that the story’s end?

After over an hour-and-40-minutes in Executive/Closed session Tuesday evening, October 11, including interviews of the final two of three applicants granted interviews, to fill the vacant(?)...

Winchester Civil War reenactor pleads not guilty to planting a pipe bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield

Winchester resident Gerald Leonard Drake pleaded not guilty on Friday to 15 charges alleging that he planted a pipe bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield in 2017...

E. Wilson Morrison students rally for ‘Heavenly Hats’ for young cancer victims nationwide

At 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, October 7, E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School students staged a “Heavenly Hats Parade” as part of a nationwide fundraising initiative to...

Town Planning Commission Work Session reviews Special Use Permits for public hearings

The Front Royal Planning Commission met on Wednesday, October 5, to discuss upcoming Special Use Permits (SUPs) that will face public hearings at the Commission’s regular...

Civil War Re-enactor indicted for planting pipe bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield – Gerald Drake also charged with stalking and mailing threatening letters

HARRISONBURG, Va. – A federal grand jury in Charlottesville has indicted Gerald Leonard Drake, 63, from Winchester, Va., for mailing threatening letters, stalking, and planting a...