Napier Announces Retirement After Decade as Warren County Attorney
Napier, who has lived in Front Royal since age four, says at 70 it is time to move on and he will retire from public service. Mayor Holloway and other council members praise his decade of service, noting his prior tenure as county attorney and his dedication to the community.
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Napier
Front Royal
Warren County
Christopher W. Holloway
Holloway
Matthew Tederick
Tederick
Page Alvers
Justin Proctor
Proctor
Cornell University
Smithsonian Virginia
Jeromé Ray
Ray
Happy Creek Roastery
Ferrum College
Hicks
Randolph-Macon Academy
Maggie Tewell
Tewell
Sion
William D
Billy” Sears
Department of Public Works
Front Royal Eda
StoryWalk continues at Samuels Library trail in Front Royal
The StoryWalk program, led by Anne Ferguson and Kellogg Hubbard Library, expands to Eastham Park in Front Royal with 20 laminated pages from A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The free outdoor literacy project runs along a dog park and playground, with seasonal book changes and a themed craft at the library. Funding comes from the Rotary Club of Front Royal District Grant. Installations began in January and a grand opening is planned as waves of walkers explore the finished trail. For details or sponsorship, visit samuelslibrary.net or call 540-635-3153.
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Anne Ferguson
Montpelier
Vermont
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Germany
Canada
England
Kellogghubbard.org
Samuels Library
Michelle Ross
Eastham Park
Ezra Jack Keats
New York Public Library
Ross
Rotary Club of Front Royals
Katie Tewell
Tewell
Samuelslibrary. Net
Front Royal creates Environmental Sustainability Board and updates codes
Front Royal council expands the town’s EDA oversight and forms an Environmental Sustainability Committee with five members including a student representative. The meeting reconfigures the Building Codes and Environmental Division, adjusts disclosures, approves a deed of vacation, and authorizes the town manager as acting building official amid staff changes.
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Gedney
Element Restaurant
Zoning Appeals
Virginia Commonwealth University
Steven Hicks
Edas
EDA
Front Royal-Warren County
Front Royal
Environmental Sustainability
Hicks
Board of Building Appeals
Board of Zoning Appeals
Omicron concerns rise as district reports daily COVID spikes
Greene urges vaccination masking and distancing to curb Omicron and Delta threats. Lord Fairfax district logs three days of rising cases with 194 to 205 daily counts, plus 11 hospitalizations and 1 to 3 new deaths across Warren Clarke Frederick Shenandoah and Page counties. Public schools report active student and staff cases and increasing quarantines district wide.
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Lord Fairfax District
VDH
Lord Fairfax Health District
Warren County
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Page
Shenandoah
Winchester
Clarke County
Boyce
W.W. Robinson
Honey Run
Sandy Hook
Strasburg
Central High
Mountain View
Signal
Diate
John Kerr
Daniel Morgan Middle
Garland R. Quarles
Quarles
Handley
Central
Daniel Morgan Intermediate
Morrison
Barbour
Skyline High
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Amber F. Morris
E. Scott Lloyd
Cal
Samuels Public Library
E. Criser Road
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Warren Sentinel
North Royal Ave
Harrisonburg
Hershel Finch
Finch
Izaak Walton
Jim Osborn
Osborn
Virginia Inland Port LLC
Winners Court
Local
Building Code of Appeals
Omicron
Greene
Delta
Virginia
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