‘Hamnet’ delves into the pain of love, loss

Jessie Buckley stars as the wife of the world’s foremost playwright in writer/director Chloe Zhoe’s historical drama, “Hamnet,” now in select theaters. – Submitted photo

Gillespie Life, Movies

BY MATT WARD, on December 10, 2025

Cinematic Considerations

Main, News

Santa will get lots of help with five visits

December 10, 2025

Santa will be appearing at numerous places throughout Gillespie County this holiday season. He’s getting help from stand-ins in the area. Here is a li...

Commentary

Supreme Court upholds Texas maps

By Gary Borders

December 10, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to reverse a lower court’s ruling and uphold the mid-decade redrawn congressional map for Texas sent candidates ...

Commentary

Pearl Harbor thrust Nimitz into spotlight

December 10, 2025

Native son who commanded in Pacific was an example of leadership to the nation The big news in Fredericksburg the week of Dec. 4, 1941 was that new tr...

Commentary

Hill Country on the auction block? Yes, but…

Guest column By Katherine Peake

December 10, 2025

Dr. Leo Tynan noted that outside interests with deep pockets have long had the Hill Country in their sights for every conceivable type of project (Fre...

Education, Gillespie Life

ROTARIANS ROLL INTO SCHOOLS

December 10, 2025

Members from the Nimitz Rotary visited Fredericksburg Elementary School third graders and passed out activity books and read the Four-Way Test with ex...

Agriculture, News

Thou shall not commit crape murder

Lawn & Garden Beth Mcmahon

December 10, 2025

There are many ways to trim crape myrtles, but not all of them are correct. I have seen crape myrtles gently thinned and trained like trees, clipped i...

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