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A step back in time
Business
A step back in time
News Staff 
March 23, 2022
Kermit Gold of Gold’s Barber was cutting hair in 1963 for 35 cents. The cost of gas was 16 cents per gallon at that time. Gold’s Barber began in Fredericksburg in 1969 with Gold, Robert Pape and Curtis Kuhlmann. Currently the old-time barber shop is run by Kermit, Dock Smith, Linda Whitely and Cody ...
Litter still a sad sight along county roadways
Business
Litter still a sad sight along county roadways
March 23, 2022
At the Fredericksburg Visitor Information Center, we often get comments about how clean Fredericksburg is, which is absolutely great!  Unfortunately, the shoulders of the roads I travel in the eastern part of the county have had litter piling up over the winter months. My guess is that it is similar...
Chamber wage survey shows job challenges
Business
Chamber wage survey shows job challenges
March 23, 2022
  On Monday, the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce released its 2022 Wage & Benefit Survey, based on data recently collected from 55 local employers across 14 different industries. The last time employers were surveyed was February 2020, so the current data benchmarks wage performance since the sta...
Finding the heartbeat
Business, News
Finding the heartbeat
March 16, 2022
The MOM Center, newly furnished with a sonogram machine, is the newest place in Fredericksburg to offer expecting mothers ultrasounds and an early pee...
Love Fredericksburg Ranches and Farms
Business
Love Fredericksburg Ranches and Farms
News Staff 
March 16, 2022
Last week, the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau ran another one of our ads from our LoveFBGTX stewardship campaign in the Fredericksburg S...
Lessons for elections past and present
Business
Lessons for elections past and present
March 16, 2022
Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th President of the United States when I was in fifth grade, and I was absolutely heartbroken because it meant I lost. ...
Going Above & Beyond
Business, News
Going Above & Beyond
March 10, 2022
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce kicked off its second century of service with its 2022 annual awards banquet last Thursday at the Gillespie County ...
Dive in to Dinos
Business
Dive in to Dinos
March 9, 2022
Neon signs shed light on scuffed black tables in an otherwise dim-lit dining room, whose walls are laden with dented beer signs, tour date posters and...
Our authentic story is still being created
Business
Our authentic story is still being created
March 9, 2022
Last week, I attended the unveiling of the Texas Hill Country Edition of the Monopoly board game, a wonderful idea that is already for sale at a numbe...
Two solar eclipses will hit us within six months
Business
Two solar eclipses will hit us within six months
March 9, 2022
Residents in the Texas Hill Country will have the opportunity to witness two solar eclipses on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, and Monday, April 8, 2024. Hav...
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