Afton Inn to be demolished for downtown redevelopment
Front Royal Warren County Economic Development Authority outlines a 2.1 million plan to redevelop the Afton Inn site at Main Street and Royal Avenue. MODE Partnership LLC will oversee the project with apartments on the upper floors and a ground floor restaurant while the EDA retains ownership during renovation.
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MODE
Jail to house Prince William inmates could yield 133000
Rappahannock Shenandoah Warren Regional Jail projects 133000 in annual revenue by housing 10 Prince William County inmates for a year.
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Rappahannock- Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail
Prince William County
Jails rent space to Prince William inmates at RSW
Rappa hannock Shenandoah Warren Regional Jail will house Prince William County inmates at 33 dollars per day. RSW holds 560 with 330 occupied and expects 10 to 20 transfers by week end. Superintendent Russ Gilkison says the plan raises revenue without overburdening staff.
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Welcome Home Jewel to Perform at Warren County Fair
Ryan Jewel recalls watching Josh Turner at the Warren County Fair and now returns for a second year. He will play 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11 opening for Lauren Alaina with about six songs, then a two hour set on Aug. 12.
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Front Royal
Ryan Jewel
Josh Turner
Warren County Fair
Sandy Brookman
Lauren Alaina
Warren County Fair marks 60th year with 20k visitors expected
The Sentinel reports the 60th Warren County Fair opens Monday with gates at 4 p m and 3 p m Saturday. About 20 000 people are expected over the week as 75 plus volunteers coordinate activities. past beauty winners attend a 5 30 p m Monday ceremony where Mayor Hollis Tharpe proclaims August as Warren County Fair Week. Proceeds go to a nonprofit.
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Warren County
Randi Lamb
Hollis Tharpe
Warren County Middle School opens as Skyline Middle renamed
In Front Royal the Warren County Middle School opens in a new building while the former school is renamed Skyline Middle. Officials and students gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting and renaming as the district works through past delays and outlines hopes for a culture of motivated learners and appreciation of differences.
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Warren County Middle School
Skyline Middle School
Amy Gubler
Gabler
Catherine Bower
Bower
Board of Supervisors
Ghostbusters visit Front Royal for National Night Out event
Josh Jones and Neil Tackett of the Tri-State Ghostbusters meet Sgt. Bob Mumaw of Warren County Sheriff's Office Special Operations during National Night Out on Downtown Commons. Mumaw called the visit unusual and unique, saying he had never seen anything like it.
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Neil Tackett
Tri-State
Ghostbusters
Bob Mumaw
Warren County Sheriff's Office
Front Royal
Mumaw
Sales tax holiday a boon for back to school shoppers
WINCHESTER Though summer breaks end, local students can save money on school supplies during Virginia's annual tax free weekend. The three day holiday begins at 12 01 a m on the first Friday in the month and runs through Sunday.
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Winchester
Virginia
Virginia sales tax holiday details for school supplies
Virginia offers a sales tax holiday from August through that Sunday 11:59 p.m. during which school supplies priced at 20 dollars or less per item and clothing and footwear at 100 dollars or less are sold tax free. The list includes text books calculators notebooks binders crayons book bags lunch boxes and writing utensils. Clothing-which remains untaxed is not fully shown in the excerpt.
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