Local Government - Royal Examiner (2024)

• Local Government2 days agoCounty Budget Work Session Addresses Staff Health Care Costs, Charging Town for Solid Waste Dumping, and Old Oak Ln. ProjectsFollowing a 4 p.m. tour of the new Senior Center renovations slated to be completed by June (see related story) and a late-added 5:30 p.m. Closed...
• Local Government3 days agoAiring of Differences in Town Council Regular Meeting Leads to Unanimous Vote to Extend Out-of-Town Service to Catholic DioceseEvery meeting of the Town Council has a scarlet thread weaving through a thicket of information. On Monday, April 22, at a regular meeting, starting at...
• Local Government6 days agoTown Council and Board of Supervisors Enjoy a Brief Liaison Committee MeetingHaving come out of a special meeting where they voted approval for a giveaway of trees purchased by the Town, the Front Royal Town Council joined...
• Local Government7 days agoTown Planning Commission Tackles Motel-Apartment Conversion, Elects New ChairmanThe Front Royal Planning Commission, presided over by Acting Chairman Connie Marshner in the absence of its former Chairman Daniel Wells, who submitted his resignation last...
• Local Government1 week agoSupervisors Approve Three Service Contracts, Debate Liaison Committee StructureNear the opening of its regular meeting of Tuesday, April 16, the Warren County Board of Supervisors was introduced to new officers and support staff by...
• Local Government2 weeks agoCounty Planning Commission Blesses New Montessori School Proposal at Bowling Green South, and Short-Term RentalsA near-capacity crowd of over 100 interested citizens filled the Warren County Government Center Meeting room as the County Planning Commission met for its regular meeting...
• Local Government2 weeks agoConservatism of Supervisors Challenged by Urgent Need to Raise Tax RatesFive different representatives of Warren County departments stood before the Warren County Board of Supervisors at a special meeting on Tuesday, April 9, starting at 6...
• Local Government2 weeks agoClosure Sighted on the Horizon for Town Council’s Ongoing Discussion of Poultry in Urban AgricultureAmong several items on the Front Royal Town Council’s agenda for Monday, April 8, starting at 7 p.m. in the Front Royal Town Hall at 102...
• Local Government3 weeks agoLabor Pangs Attend Delivery of New Congregation to Warren County CommunityEn route to Eastham Park, known to those who frequent it as “the dog park”, one passes at the corner of West Criser Road and Luray...
• Local Government3 weeks agoTown Manager Forges Ahead with Vision for Front RoyalIn what has been a discussion unfolding for several months, wherein the Front Royal Town Council, with execution from Town Manager Joe Waltz, has clarified a...
• EDA in Focus3 weeks agoEDA Acknowledges Failure of Attempted 158 Faith Way $350,000 Deed Buy-Back – What Happened?On the morning of Tuesday, April 2, a press release from Warren County Director of Economic Development Joe Petty announced the failure of the previously announced...
• EDA in Focus4 weeks agoIn-Town Business Owners Urged to Respond to Coming Town Business Development Board SurveyAt its regular meeting of Monday, April 1, the Front Royal Economic Development Authority (FREDA), also now operating under the title Front Royal’s Business Development Board...
• EDA in Focus4 weeks agoEDA Plan to Return McDonald-North Home Property Deed for $350,000 Cash Raises Ire of Supervisors – But What Do the Numbers Say?At its work session of Tuesday, March 26, the Warren County Board of Supervisors was temporarily distracted from the flood of numbers it has been pondering...
• Local Government4 weeks agoBoard of Supervisors Prioritizes Public Safety in Upcoming BudgetOn Tuesday night, March 26th, 2024, the Warren County Board of Supervisors authorized the County Administrator to advertise a real estate tax at $0.54 from $0.49,...
• Local Government1 month agoIn Display of Harmony at Regular Meeting, Town Council Achieves Consensus on Every VoteThough overshadowed by an awareness of the homes that have been lost to the recent wildfires in the vicinity, Front Royal Town Council struck a positive...
• Local Government1 month agoTown Planning Commission Prepares for Hearings on Short-term Rentals, Commerce Avenue Apartment ProposalThe Front Royal Planning Commission met on March 20 in the Warren County Government Center in what may be the shortest Commission meeting on record. In...
• Local Government1 month agoUpdate: County Urged Not to Short-Change Public Schools and Other Public Services as Enabling Outside Funding Sources Dry Up(Writer’s note: This story has been updated with a correction to the vote on the Airport Commission appointment. Mr. Jamieson voted “Aye” with the majority, which...
• Local Government1 month agoTown Council and Planning Commission Meet for Benchmark Discussion in Special Joint Work SessionOn Monday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Front Royal Town Hall at 102 East Main Street, the Front Royal Town Council and the Front...
• EDA in Focus1 month agoFREDA Board Continues to Fine Tune its Economic Development Processes as Operational Status ApproachesAt a work session on its newly implemented every two week meeting schedule the Front Royal Economic Development Authority (FREDA), now also doing business as the...
• Local Government1 month agoCounty Planning Commission Blesses New Church Zoning Permit, Short-Term Tourist Rentals, Previews Montessori School ProposalThe Warren County Planning Commission met Wednesday, March 13, at the Warren County Government Center. South River District Commissioner Kaylee Richardson was absent. There were no...
• Local Government1 month agoCounty Supervisors are Unanimous in Approving 13 Permitting, Rezoning, and Code Amendment Public Hearing RequestsAt 7 p.m., a half-hour after its 90-minute Joint Budget Committee work session with Warren County Public Schools officials, the county’s Board of Supervisors tackled a...
• Local Government1 month agoPublic School Officials Bring Updated Operational Numbers, Priority Needs to Joint Budget CommitteeThe Warren County Board of Supervisors kicked off a heavy work agenda on Tuesday, March 12, with another Joint Budget Committee meeting with the Warren County...
• Local Government1 month agoA Plan Takes Shape at Town Council Work Session for Connecting Appalachian Trail Head to Town of Front RoyalAn Appalachian hiker comes off the trail at the Chester Gap junction. He or she is carrying a heavy pack, it may be five o’clock in...
• EDA in Focus1 month agoRecent Chairman Scott Jenkins Will Represent EDA Board in McDonald Criminal Convictions Pre-sentencing ArgumentsThe now unilaterally County overseen Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority (EDA, FR-WC EDA) convened a Special Meeting Friday morning, March 8. Shortly after the meeting’s...
• Local Government2 months agoTown Council Discusses the Afton Inn Project at Special MeetingOn Wednesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in the Front Royal Town Hall at 102 East Main Street, the Front Royal Town Council met for a...
• Local Government2 months agoStaff Seeks Alignment Between Town Code and State Code Pertaining to Derelict Structures at Town Council Work SessionOn March 4, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the Front Royal Town Hall at 102 East Main Street, the Town Council met for a work session...
• Local Government2 months agoTown EDA Fine Tunes Its Vision and Mission Processes After Council Approves Operational FundingThe Front Royal Economic Development Authority (FREDA), now also known as the Town’s “Business Development Board” (BDB), held its regular meeting of March at noon, Monday,...
• Local Government2 months agoJoint County-School Board Budget Committee Reviews Public Schools FY-2025 Budget VariablesAt the Joint County-School Board Budget Committee meeting rescheduled to March 1 from the previous week, Warren County Public School officials briefed the committee’s Board of...
• Local Government2 months agoJoint County Building Committee Gets Good News on LFK Renovations in Progress, and Schedule on EWM ‘Gym-atorium’ Funding RequestThe Warren County Joint Board of Supervisors/School Board Building Committee met Wednesday afternoon, February 28, in the Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School cafeteria to get updates...

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