As noted in our lead story on the Front Royal Town Council’s Tuesday, May 26 meeting, public hearings on two ordinance amendment proposals drew some discussion...
Early in its May 26th, post-Memorial Day, Tuesday evening meeting, the Front Royal Town Council got a glowingly positive report on the Memorial Day weekend downtown...
Virginia law allows “at will” employment, meaning a person can be fired with or without cause. Front Royal government staff are “at will” employees but the...
A decision on a one-on-one verbal confrontation between Mayor Eugene Tewalt and Councilman Jacob Meza on who had the authority to make committee appointments, the mayor...
It never ends with the incompetence of our Town Council and Interim Town Manager. I will exclude Councilman Thompson on the waterline issue as she voted...
The Town Council and the Interim Town Manager once again went behind closed doors (at Monday’s Council meeting of April 27) to discuss personnel issues. This...
In the Town Council session, April 20, 2020, the Interim Town Manager described options to aid business recovery. The money, $1.5 million, is not likely enough...
Baker Tilly, a leading local government executive search and advisory firm, is managing the search process for the next Town Manager for Front Royal, Virginia. The...
Life in municipal government COVID-19 pandemic virtual world continued Monday evening, March 30, as the Front Royal Town Council “gathered” by remote computer hook up for...
Monday evening, March 23, the Front Royal Town Council met, albeit briefly, “to depart from the regular ‘Order of Business’” – don’t blink or you’ll miss...
After the meeting’s opening Pledge of Allegiance led by Service Unit 14-4 of the Girl Scouts of the Nations’ Capital; Mayor Tewalt’s Proclamation of March...
At a work session after a multi-faceted Monday night closed session that included a discussion with representatives of 2 East Main Street LLC, the EDA’s contracted...
On Wednesday afternoon, February 26, the Front Royal-Warren County Joint Tourism Advisory Board met to continue to ponder its role in a turbulent present and...
Perhaps the most telling moment in the Front Royal Town Council’s multi-faceted Wednesday evening did not occur at a Special Joint Meeting with its Planning Commission...
Following lead-off batter Gary Kushner in a nearly 90-minute first-inning that saw 27 people step to the plate, 22 of 24 addressing the Front Royal Town...
As previously reported 20 of 24 public speakers addressing the Front Royal Town Council, Mayor Eugene Tewalt and Interim Town Manager Matt Tederick on February 10,...
There were several references to a passage from Roger Bianchini’s story titled “Tourism, the Visitors Center, staff futures and outsourcing – what does the present...
An exceptionally light Front Royal Town Council meeting agenda for Monday evening, February 10, was extended by 90 minutes of public comments, largely criticisms, regarding a...
I know, it has been several weeks since my last article. I was hoping that providing Front Royal senior staff (notice I did not say leadership)...
To: Mayor Eugene Tewalt and Members of the Front Royal Town Council We are writing in response to the report in the Royal Examiner regarding the...
The January 27th regular meeting agenda of the Front Royal Town Council was very light, with approval of a four-item Consent Agenda; and a recommended softening...
It was a family affair as Lori Athey Cockrell was sworn in to fill the unexpired town council term of newly-elected Mayor Eugene Tewalt on Tuesday...
During a work session closed meeting Monday evening, December 16, the Front Royal Town Council interviewed seven candidates for Mayor Gene Tewalt’s now-vacant council seat....
FRONT ROYAL — The Front Royal Town Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution seeking a change in the Code of Virginia that would allow the...
Despite November 4th work session discussion indicating a clear council majority publicly stating they will not vote to approve Town central water and sewer extension to...
FRONT ROYAL — Front Royal Town Council members on October 28 voted to hire an Alexandria, VA-based law firm to represent the Town in its lawsuit...
Editor: Until a short time ago, Front Royal and Warren County seemed to be quiet, rural communities with their respective governments trying to keep taxes down...
After hearing combined arguments from attorneys for 11 of 13 County municipal and Economic Development Authority defendants present on why ancient English Common Law did not...
At the October 21 Town Council meeting, a presentation was made on the Crooked Run West, LLC (CRW) proposal for high density residential development to justify...
Many have wondered when or even if prosecutors and state investigators guiding the Warren County Special Grand Jury’s look into criminality tied to the Economic...