logo
Submissions Log In Subscribe e-Edition
Google Play App Store
  • News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Gillespie Life
  • Commentary
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
    • Place a Notice
    • View All Public Notices
  • Photos
  • Special Sections
    • News
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Gillespie Life
    • Commentary
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
    • Public Notices
      • Place a Notice
      • View All Public Notices
    • Photos
    • Special Sections
Potted meat a leftover in frugal homes
Gillespie Life, Taste
Potted meat a leftover in frugal homes
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
January 15, 2025
Iwas sent to school with a sacked lunch. Eating in the lunchroom cost 20¢, and the food was awful — even the milk was diluted with water. I know because we had our own cows. Until high school, I was content with a jelly sandwich (Musbrot) for lunch, but occasionally, my mom slipped in a sandwich mad...
‘September 5’ recalls ’72 Olympic terrorist attack
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘September 5’ recalls ’72 Olympic terrorist attack
BY MATT WARD 
January 15, 2025
Cinematic Considerations Over the past several decades, there has been a sharp and steady decline in what is often known as docudrama, historically-based cinema that is fiction in a loose sense. These movies capture and chronicle moments in time in ways that transport audiences to other worlds or se...
2025 hunting excursions keep columnist close to home
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
2025 hunting excursions keep columnist close to home
by Gayne C. Young 
January 15, 2025
Outdoors On Edge The year ahead will be a busy one for me and this column. I have several trips planned, ideas to explore, people to interview, and historical anecdotes to share. Here’s a look at some of what 2025 will see me and my writing covering. My first trip afield comes mid-February when I he...
KID FISH
Community, Gillespie Life
KID FISH
January 15, 2025
At right, Brielle Thompson, age 9, of Fredericksburg, navigates her string and hook along the banks of Live Oak Creek which runs through Lady Bird Joh...
Welcome, book fest authors, reading fans
Commentary
Welcome, book fest authors, reading fans
January 15, 2025
Inaugural event promises thoughtful discussion from top Texas writers We are very glad to see an event dedicated to reading and books. The first Frede...
Commentary
It’s CrimeStoppers Month in Texas
January 15, 2025
January has been declared Crime Stoppers Month in Texas, and we salute this organization that has had a hand in solving hundreds of thousands of crime...
175th anniversary of Fort Martin Scott ends
Commentary
175th anniversary of Fort Martin Scott ends
Guest column By Dr. Eric Hammersen 
January 15, 2025
On Dec. 5, 2023, MayorJerylHoover signed a proclamation declaring the period December 2023 through December 2024 as the 175th Anniversary of Fort Mart...
Gardener transforms lawn into plant haven
Agriculture, News
Gardener transforms lawn into plant haven
January 15, 2025
Driven by a commitment to water conservation and wildlife support, Arlon Motsch replaced his traditional grass lawn with a variety of Texas native pla...
‘Plantastic’ seminar ahead from Extension, master gardeners
Agriculture, News
‘Plantastic’ seminar ahead from Extension, master gardeners
January 15, 2025
The Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office, with assistance from the Hill Country Master Gardeners, will hold their seventh annual Plantastic Vege...
Multi-county livestock show underway
Agriculture, News
Multi-county livestock show underway
January 15, 2025
The 2025 Hill District Grandstand Livestock Show began on Friday, Jan. 10 and will run through Saturday, Jan. 18. The show, taking place across Freder...
  • 1
  • …
  • 190
  • 191

Subscribe to the online newsletter:

* indicates required
ePaper
google_play
app_store
ePaper
google_play
app_store

Fredericksburg Standard
P.O. Box 1639
Fredericksburg, TX 78624-4228
830-997-2155

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

This site complies with ADA requirements

Copyright © Fredericksburg Standard

  • Advertisers
  • Contact
  • Copyright Policy
  • Privacy Accessibility Policy