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City and county officials met Friday to hammer out details of an issue that’s evolved into a tall order — combining emergency dispatch operations.
While there is a consensus from the involved parties that it is logical to join the county’s law... + continue reading
Amid concerns over aging mechanical equipment and violations pending with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Fredericksburg City Council received an update on the city’s waste water treatment plant during its regular meeting Monday.
The city has already installed two new... + continue reading
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PIT STOP — Jon Pankratz (417, right) of Fredericksburg leads a pack of bicyclists at a break stop at the Hilltop Café during the 65-mile Medio Fondo portion of the April 5 Texas Gran Fondo bicycle race in town and in the Hill Country. The 59-year-old Pankratz finished 27th overall among the 113 bicyclists in that race which included 80 men and 33 women. More pictures of the “Tour de France”-style race can be found on D1 of the April 9, 2014 edition of the paper. — Standard-Radio Post/Richard Zowie
‘BUSY AS BEES’ — Shutterbugs have been having a field day this week snapping photos of wildflowers that are now blanketing the undulating hills of Gillespie County in blues, reds, yellows, pinks, whites … well, you get the picture. We are asking readers of the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post to submit their best 2014 wildflower photos (yes, cute kids are allowed) and we’ll post them to our Facebook page. Some of the best pictures might even find their way into print — like this early submission by Tucker Findley, who captured a bluebonnet-hovering bee on Fisher Bonn Road. Send photos at their highest resolution possible as separate .jpg attachments to: [email protected] or drop off a copy at the newspaper office, 712 West Main Street. Be sure to include your name, the names of anyone in the photo (left to right,) where the photo was taken, as well as your address and daytime phone number so we have a way to get in touch.
Vintage tractors of all sizes will be taking a stroll around Gillespie County Saturday as the Hill Country Antique Tractor and Engine Club hosts their annual Bluebonnet Tractor Ride.
This year’s route will take the members and other interested parties on a 16-mile loop beginning at the... + continue reading
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MACALAH JENSCHKE winds up Thursday evening during the Billies’ 9-7 victory over Bandera. The game was delayed until Saturday due to rain in the top of the fourth inning. — Standard-Radio Post/Lisa Treiber-Walter
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Two big victories — including a rally to edge district leader Bandera in a rain-delayed game on Saturday — have kept the Fredericksburg High School varsity softball team in the middle of... + continue reading
SENIOR KAYTLEN JAMES lines up her shot Tuesday morning, April 8, during the second round of the District 27-3A golf tournament at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Golf Course. James finished as the third medalist. — Standard-Radio Post/Matt Ward
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Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
- Earl Wilson
A recent trip back to my homeland in the mountains of North Carolina reminded me of... + continue reading
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Fredericksburg-based writer and instructor Christine Granados was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters on Saturday at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos.
Granados joins about 300 living and... + continue reading
‘ONLY 19 MORE …’ For every 20 homemade paper beads made, safe, clean drinking water will be provided for one per-son in Tanzania through the Students Rebuild Water Challenge. Joining in the challenge this month are Fredericksburg Middle School Art I students, among them seventh grader Austin West. — Photo courtesy Paige Conn/FMS Art teacher
ROADRUNNER Audrianna Garcia charges to tag out a runner in the infield during coach-pitch division action in the Fredericksburg Youth Baseball Association Saturday, March 29, at the Old Fair Park fields. —Standard-Radio Post/Ken Esten Cooke
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