On Wednesday morning, September 22, counsels for Plaintiff Paul L. Aldrich and Defendants the Town of Front Royal and recently resigned councilman Jacob L. Meza, revisited...
A date of September 22, at 10:30 a.m. has been set by Warren County Circuit Court Judge William W. Sharp to again hear oral arguments in...
It appeared to be a 3-2 win for Plaintiff Paul Aldrich from Judge William Sharp in a June 4th written decision on oral arguments to reconsider...
After hearing 40 minutes of oral arguments and responses to his questions regarding the dueling perspectives presented by attorneys to justify or deny revisiting his April...
The woman who appeared at a June 2020 Front Royal Town Council meeting with props to publicly criticize then-Mayor Eugene Tewalt and then Town Councilman Chris...
A decision on the Town of Front Royal’s Demurrer motion for dismissal of David Downes civil action seeking to overturn the Town Council’s decision not to...
Acting on behalf of one of what is believed to be three other candidates than the one appointed to fill the vacated Front Royal Town Council...
Since publishing the conflicting opinions of Town Attorney Doug Napier and local attorney David Downes, as well as a story looking at the root issue in...
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE TOWN CHARTER Issue: Was the appointment of a former councilman, defined by the Town Charter as a municipal officer,...
Was Jacob Meza’s appointment to the Front Royal Town Council on January 4 a legal violation of the Town’s own rules designed to prevent the appearance,...
The Town has taken a common legal phrase, “under the jurisdiction of”, out of context in an effort to manipulate and distort a common sense reading...
At a meeting where nearly $12.5-million-dollars in various Town Fund Reserves was approved for unfinished projects without much discussion of impacts on those fund reserves; where...
At 12:03 p.m., Thursday, October 8, Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Administrative Assistant Gretchen Henderson forwarded a press release from Rockingham County Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha...
Friends and Neighbors, I hesitated to hit send on this, but I strongly believe in fairness. At a time when our Town and County are experiencing...
Less than a week after its September 23 press conference during which the County and EDA boards were vilified as obstructions to good-faith negotiations in resolving...
Two speakers during last night’s Warren County School Board meeting reminded board members and Warren County Public Schools (WCPS) staff that the school year 2020-2021 will...
Following Town Attorney Doug Napier’s reading of the Roberts Rules of Order conditions on public and member conduct in critiquing proposed municipal business and actions, the...
On Saturday, June 13, 2020, our publisher Mike McCool, along with his grandson Connor Clark, went downtown to see how our local businesses were doing. First...
The Virginia Beer Museum reopened today, June 5, 2020, as part of Phase Two of ‘Forward Virginia’. Many local restaurants also reopened or plan to open...
Following a briefing on tools available for local tourism marketing through the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) by Development Specialist Stephanie Lillard, there was some pointed discussion...
More than a hundred people, many dressed in Scottish plaid, jammed into the Virginia Beer Museum on historic Chester Street in downtown Front Royal Saturday night...
Misdemeanor trials related to the operation of a Biggs Drive massage parlor involved in the solicitation charge against then-Front Royal Mayor Hollis Tharpe in April were...
Nothing like a little pre-Election Day social media dust up between candidates, critics and supporters to get the political juices flowing, and hopefully the vote out....
On November 5th, the South River District will have two choices for Warren County School Board. Kristen Pence and David Downes are both write-in candidates....
On November 5th, the South River District will have two choices for School Board. Kristen Pence and David Downes are both write-in candidates. Downes stopped by...
Local attorney David Downes announced his candidacy for School Board Member of the South River District on Friday, Novermber 1, 2019. Downes is in a...
A hearing and trial date of Wednesday, November 6, at 2 p.m. was set in the cases of Cynthia Atkinson Bailey, her daughter, son and son-in-law...
An emotional Hollis Tharpe let one of his attorneys speak for him in the wake of Special Prosecutor Heather Hovermale’s request that Judge William W. Sharpe...
FRONT ROYAL – Attorneys for Jennifer McDonald, Tom Sayre and one involved third party argued motions related to plaintiff Discovery filings and responses in Warren County...
A hearing date of August 13, at 2 p.m., was set Tuesday for pre-trial motions in three cases related at least indirectly to former Front Royal...
