On Wednesday, June 15, the Town of Front Royal announced the approaching start of restoration efforts of at least a portion of the Happy Creek bank...
In this Meet the Candidates session, our publisher Mike McCool speaks to Stephanie Short, an independent candidate for the Warren County School Board, Happy Creek District....
A 4-member Planning Commission met Wednesday, January 20th at the Warren County Government Center (WCGC). Joseph McFadden has resigned as a result of his election to...
I’m taking this opportunity to share a Christmas walk along Happy Creek with my fellow residents. After two inches of rain, added to snowmelt, my husband...
Several days ago, Mr. Bianchini wrote another accurate yet sad summation of another fiasco. No, it wasn’t the Afton Inn fiasco; No, it wasn’t the Police...
Thank you for your excellent article on the resignation of all UFAC members. As a 21-year member of the Tree Stewards and a former member of...
Royal Examiner has received verification from one member of the Town of Front Royal’s Urban Forestry Advisory Commission (UFAC) that the current four-member commission board has...
Ben Tre is a city in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, made famous by the statement of an unnamed US Army officer to AP correspondent Peter...
The Front Royal Town Council policy rollercoaster indicated a change of direction on two major fronts after hearing from citizens during opening public hearing comments at...
On a cloudy but pleasantly warm Saturday afternoon, November 21st, approximately 100 people over a two-hour period gathered on the banks of Happy Creek near the...
Unplanned, as we took our morning walk to Happy Creek, musician Richard Lockhart was singing on a picnic table with his guitar. He agreed to shoot...
At 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, the Save Happy Creek Coalition will host a brief educational walking tour and protest regarding the destruction of riparian...
Oh, boy! Isn’t this miscommunication between County and Town getting a little tiresome? It’s almost like two bullies on the playground; they both want to control...
We owe our “temporary” Town Manager a special “thanks” for getting rid of those troublesome trees. Green, leafy, alive – clearly they were a menace that...
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...
In response to our late Friday (Nov. 6) questions regarding County permitting of Town work along the banks of Happy Creek adjacent to the Greenway path...
Over the past few weeks, Royal Examiner received a number of citizen inquiries about what appeared to be “clearcutting” work along the banks of Happy Creek...
At the August 19th Front Royal Town Council work session, the Council had a list of seventeen items to discuss. The first five goals have...
We met with Carol Tobin, Director of Elections and General Registrar to get the latest election information. With the next election in Warren County is the...
The pending opening of the new Criser Road Bridge over Happy Creek on Front Royal’s southside at Remount Road (Route 522 South) gives us an opportunity...