ALICE study highlights hidden poverty in Front Royal area
A Front Royal Warren County United Way study shows about 49 percent of Front Royal households and 27 percent countywide fall into ALICE, meaning asset limited and income constrained but employed, with 37 percent of all households experiencing ongoing financial struggle. The 2015 census data fed into a basic household budget for housing, food, child care, health care, transportation, taxes and miscellaneous costs.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Shenandoah Valley
United Way
Virginia
Royal Warren County
Dawn Graves
4-H Camp Builds STEM Projects at Northern Virginia Center
At the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center summer camp, youths like Brady Thompson and B Cameron Kie design watercraft with pennies and craft materials while others sketch space toaster concepts and marshmallow structures. The program, funded by a $10,000 HugesNet and National 4-H sub grant, emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math across multiple stations.
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Brady Thompson
B. Cameron Kie
Virginia
4-H
Northern Virginia
Brielle Manovich
HugesNet Communications
National
4-H Council
Karmalee Woodson
Front Royal
Christina Keresztesi
Ex-teacher gets month in jail for indecent liberties
Steven Bretsch a 33 year old former Skyline High School teacher with a custodial relationship pleaded no contest to two counts of indecent liberties with children. Warren County Circuit Court Judge Ronald Napier sentenced him to six years with all but one month suspended. Incidents occurred from March through June 2016 at Skyline High School and other locations.
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Front Royal
Skyline High
Steven Bretsch
Virginia Beach
Warren County Circuit Court
Ronald Napier
Bretsch
Traffic swap at Ressie Jeffries School in Front Royal
Furniture moved to the gym for a new roof and entrance. The old car exit becomes the new entrance in coordination with Front Royal officials to align Ressie Jeffries traffic with the Criser Road Trail project.
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Ressie Jeffries Elementary
Ressie Jeffries
Melody Sheppard
Front Royal
Bessie Jeffries
Criser Road
Sheppard
WCHS teacher set for China adventure in Beijing
Allison Cusato, an instructional technology teacher at Warren County High School, signed a two year contract to teach art at Yew Chung International School in Beijing. She will fly August first, leaving a quiet Front Royal life for a 21 million person city and a new mindset.
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Warren County High School
Allison Cusato
Warren County Public Schools
Cusato
Beijing
China
Front Royal
Warren County
Yew Chung International School
D.C
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United Way Report
Allie Genda
Emma Berry
Jordyn Lee
Josh Gully
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Josh Gully the Sentine
Skyline High School
Commonwealth
Bryan Layton
Layton
WCHS
Front Royal Post
Larry Steve Bradley
Luray
Christopher Shawn Dodson
Strasburg
Patricia LaVerne Simpson Drummond
Peggy Anne Foster
New Market
Dennis Lawrence Lockhart Sr
Woodstock
Herbert Meek McCall Jr
Elaine Esther Andrews Thomas
Ronald Lee Thompson Sr
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