At the April 2, 2019, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting Shenandoah Supervisor Tom Sayre, who is engaged in dueling defamation lawsuits with Jennifer McDonald, broached...
FRONT ROYAL – Questions about the EDA audit and what it reveals are swirling around Front Royal and Warren County , and the enormous increase in...
As noted in our story on approval of a half-million-dollar increase (to $760,000) in County funding of the financial investigation (forensic audit) and consequent litigation resulting...
In a rare open meeting discussion of EDA financial anomalies on Monday evening, April 1 – we know, who’s the fool? – the Front Royal Town...
On Friday, March 29, Earth Right Energy Solar Commercial LLC issued the second statement of denial of any involvement in money laundering, embezzlement or theft of...
“The report of the mayor: Bébhinn, please accept my sincere apology. I was never under the intention of quieting you or putting words in your mouth....
FRONT ROYAL – Since forming a limited liability company, or LLC in August, 2016, Warren County Sheriff Daniel McEathron, and former EDA Executive Director Jennifer McDonald,...
FRONT ROYAL – “This will be a damaging loss for whoever loses,” Judge Ian Williams observed Wednesday of the time, effort and expense being put into...
While the final result of a now five-month-plus annual audit at a soaring cost of over a quarter million dollars was again not ready for review...
The civil case legal battle between sitting Warren County Supervisor Tom Sayre and former Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jennifer McDonald became a...
At a specially-called meeting of January 23rd the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority cleaned up some accounting issues that have arisen in the wake of...
Transparency. It’s what every public servant should strive for; it is what every citizen should demand. It is not, however, what often transpires in local government....
Three weeks after the resignation of Executive Director Jennifer McDonald the Economic Development Authority Board has appointed an interim replacement. Following a Thursday morning, January 10,...
Citing “attorney-client privilege” Warren County Attorney Dan Whitten has denied in full a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Royal Examiner on Jan. 2,...
Following a 2-hour-and-20-minute closed session at a special meeting called for Thursday morning, December 20, the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors unanimously...
Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors Chairman Gray Blanton verified to Royal Examiner on Wednesday, December 19, that he did not intend for...
FRONT ROYAL – Legal arguments on the substance of the civil defamation lawsuit brought by local attorney and Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre against Front Royal-Warren...
FRONT ROYAL – As Royal Examiner reported in its introduction to a video of the annual auditor’s report to the Town Council Finance Committee on November...
The Royal Examiner’s camera was at the November 26, 2018 Front Royal Town Council meeting. Below is the resolution to read. Watch the council’s discussion and...
For the third time this year, Front Royal resident Mark Egger addressed the Warren County Board of Supervisors Tuesday evening, imploring the panel to remove Front...
Several items were discussed at the work session: 1. Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department Request for Financial Assistance on Utility Account 2. Ordinance Amendment Request from...
Citing lingering health issues and a fall over the weekend, William “Billy” Biggs tendered his resignation Monday as the longtime Treasurer of the Front Royal-Warren County...
The misdemeanor criminal trial of Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Jennifer McDonald will go on as scheduled the afternoon of October 31 in...
On Friday afternoon, September 21, Shenandoah District Supervisor Tom Sayre filed a $25,000 defamation lawsuit against Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Director Jennifer McDonald. The suit...
FRONT ROYAL – Last July, Royal Examiner reported that the Front Royal Police confirmed they were investigating a reported break-in at the Warren County Economic Development...
FRONT ROYAL – Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Director Jennifer R. McDonald has been charged by Virginia State Police with a Class 1 misdemeanor for knowingly...
Besides the bombshell announcement on changes to and meaningful movement on the Afton Inn project reported elsewhere on Royal Examiner, progress on the workforce housing project...
FRONT ROYAL – The Front Royal Rotary Club is accepting applications for its 2018 Community Services Grant. Front Royal and Warren County organizations whose activities promote...
FRONT ROYAL – Information forwarded to Royal Examiner by local officials indicate good news on the municipal level on several fronts in the newest and...
FRONT ROYAL – The Economic Development Authority on Friday announced the retirement of Marketing Director, Marla Taylor Jones, effective October 1, 2017. Ms. Jones has served...