Council mulls insurance rules for downtown events
Front Royal Town Council weighs raising town property event liability to 5 million dollars as recommended by the Virginia Municipal League. Current minimum is 1 million with about 250 in cost. Larger downtown events already carry higher coverage, including 4 million for the Virginia Wine and Craft Festival and 5 million for the Fraternal Order of Police carnival. Critics say higher coverage burdens the public and may curb use of town venues.
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Warren County Chamber of Commerce
Warren Heritage Society
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Warren County School Board Considers Middle School Name
The Warren County School Board discussed naming the new $32 million middle school at a Feb 26 work session. Located at Leach Run Parkway and Happy Creek Road, the name decision follows budget finalization to guide contractor sign lengths.
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Leach Run Parkway
Happy Creek Road
I-81 Interchange Project Awarded to Local Contractor
The Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded General Excavation Inc. a $25 million contract for I-81 Exit 310 work aimed at easing traffic and enabling the Va. 37 extension. The project realigns Tasker Road to reduce congestion and may connect to a planned 574-acre mixed-use development near Interstate 81.
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Commonwealth Transportation Board
Richmond
Tasker Road
Front Royal woman indicted in Browntown crash death
Warren County Grand Jury charged Brooke Nicole Spindle 25 with involuntary manslaughter for DUI in January 2014. The 2010 Ford F350 veered off Browntown Road near Bentonville Road, ran into a ditch, hit a tree and overturned, killing Holly Anne Smedley 25. The incident occurred Jan 25 with Spindle age 24 at the time and Jason Richard Louderback in the front seat.
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Warren County
Brooke Nicole Spindle
Catlett Mountain Road
Holly Anne Smedley
Browntown Road
Bentonville Road
Obituaries from Front Royal list four locals
Thelma Lee Sissy Weaver 83, Norma Jean Williams Brown 59, John Arthur Riggs Sr 68 and Johnny W Glascock 45 are all reported as residents of Front Royal in memorial notices. The brief items note their ages and names with Front Royal as the shared hometown.
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Thelma Lee
Sissy” Weaver
Norma Jean Williams Brown
John Arthur Riggs, Sr
Front Royal
Glamor for a Good Cause Winners Parade at Skyline
Skyline High School staged a charity pageant with Noah Goss crowned as top winner. Runners-up Josiah Huston and Jacob Carson placed second and third, while Ronnie Clifton led the parade onto the stage amid the crowd.
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Noah Goss
Skyline
Josiah Huston
Jacob Carson
Ronnie Clifton
Local groups plan springtime Irish festival in Front Royal
The Warren Sentinel reports Power of Partnerships Alliance organizers aim to host an outdoor St Patrick’s Day event, nicknamed POPA, with 16 member businesses and groups. Weather risk prompted shifting to a springtime festival amid hopes to boost town and county activity.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Emerald Isle
Ken Thurman
Power of Partnerships Alliance
Thurman
POPA
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Buddy” Taylor Harper
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