Warren County considers staggered school start times
Warren County School Board weighs staggered hours to boost efficiency. Middle and high school students would start at about 8 a.m. with elementary at 9 a.m. Bus logistics, cost around 250000 dollars, and potential new closing times are part of the plan.
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Greg Drescher
Drescher
Warren County
Leslie Fox Keyser
Warren County School Board
Hangar Turns Into Pest Habitat at Warren County Airport
Snakes enter planes through exterior holes in a 62 year old hangar at Warren County Airport. The aging structure, in place since 1992, is in poor repair and dogs the county with rat infestations and chewed cables.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Bob Childress
Doug Stanley
Stanley
Airport Commission
Ken Thurman
Judge denies bond appeal in hoax bomb case at Warren High
Warren County General District Court Judge John Hart Jr denied a bond appeal Wednesday for Caleb Sutphin 18 the student accused of placing a hoax bomb at Warren County High School. The judge chose to keep Sutphin held without bond citing the seriousness of the threat and potential risk to the public.
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Front Royal
Warren County General District Court
Warren County High School Law
John Hart Jr
Caleb Sutphin
Bond
Kneading the Silence at Belle Grove on Judah the Enslaved Cook
In Middletown the Warren-Page NAACP hosted a black history month program in the Belle Grove Plantation House basement. Ranger Shannon Meeck described enslaved cook Judah, born 1794 and bought around 1816, as part of a fragile historical record with only two surviving documents. FR Front Royal Martin Luther King event notes segregation peaks at 11 am, and Rev Dawkins says the church will invite black-area congregations to Sunday worship at 11 am to confront it.
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Middletown
Warren-Page
NAACP
Belle Grove
Judah
Cook
National Park
Shannon Meeck
Meeck
Front Royal
Ed Dawkins
Front Royal Presbyterian Church
Belle Grove Plantation
Kristen Laise
James Kilby
Isaac Hite
Laise
Town seeks $1 million in downtown revitalization grants
FRONT ROYAL The town plans to seek 1 million in Community Development Block Grants to fund downtown revitalization. Council will consider reallocating about 400 thousand to meet the grant’s local match, with 300 thousand from the general fund and the rest from a PILOT payment. Public hearings set for Feb 27 and Mar 13.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Winchester Road
Jeremy Camp
Herb Melrath
The
Daily Grind
Front Royal police mourn two retired officers deaths
The Front Royal Police Department mourns two former members Greg A. Settle a 22 year veteran who died February 1 at age 58 and Ralph C. Buracker who served in the 1970s and died January 27 at age 77. The department posted photos and messages on Facebook offering condolences to their families.
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Front Royal
Greg A. Settle
Ralph C. Buracker
Front Royal Police Department
Greg Settle
Settle
Buracker
Ralph
Department
Mary Catherine Fogle
Michela Coz “Kelly” Gardner
Mary Ellen George
Virgie Marie (Reil) Knox
Judie Long Richardson
Gregory Allen
Greg” Settle
Cledith Jay Stiltner
Strasburg
Betty Lou Priest Williamson
State tourney bids on the line at high school wrestling regionals
Regional wrestling meet fuels state tournament hopes as teams vie for top spots and qualification. Local athletes from district schools face off in a tense postseason showcase with standings shaping the season’s final chapter. An obituary note accompanies the page with remembrances of community members.
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