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Part of Bush legacy tied to Fredericksburg
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Part of Bush legacy tied to Fredericksburg
News Staff 
December 5, 2018
It was a cold day in 2009, the 68th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, on the dedication of the newest expansion of the George H.W. Bush Gallery at the National Museum of the Pacific War. Even so, the gallery’s namesake was supposed to parachute into the museum courtyard with a precision jumper. The jump ...
Bush valued service, strength and humility
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Bush valued service, strength and humility
News Staff 
December 5, 2018
Texas Type Youngest commissioned Navy fighter pilot. World War II combat survivor. Yale graduate. Oil company entrepreneur. U.S. Representative. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. U.S. Liaison to Beijing. CIA Director. 43rd Vice President. 41st President. Leader of global coalition to end the Co...
Just the way you are
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Just the way you are
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November 28, 2018
It was only a classroom off the Fellowship Hall at Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. But for the students at Living Well Learning Center, a nonprofit program for adults with developmental disabilities, it felt like they were inside a Nashville recording studio, psyching themselves up to lay do...
Is something special about the ‘Club of 27’?
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Is something special about the ‘Club of 27’?
News Staff 
November 28, 2018
Thinking Out Loud For those who care about the power in numbers, there is a popular listing of dead celebrities (and wannabe celebrities) who are incl...
Stonewall barbecue honors LBJ
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Stonewall barbecue honors LBJ
News Staff 
November 28, 2018
Hindsights In the Texas Hill Country, nothing says “party” like barbecue smoke, and judging by the size of the smoke cloud hanging like a fog bank ove...
Education Foundation a big boost
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Education Foundation a big boost
News Staff 
November 28, 2018
On page one, you can read about locals getting proactive and combatting funding shortages in our public schools. The Fredericksburg Independent School...
Reserve a big part of local dark sky efforts
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Reserve a big part of local dark sky efforts
News Staff 
November 28, 2018
The stars at night are big and bright … for now. But encroaching development and lights are making our views of the nightly heavens less heavenly. But...
Jobless rate is lowest since 1976
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Jobless rate is lowest since 1976
News Staff 
November 28, 2018
AUSTIN — Texas has its lowest unemployment rate in more than 42 years. The Texas Workforce Commission on Nov. 16 announced that Texas’ seasonally adju...
As we grow, streams and rivers need TLC
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As we grow, streams and rivers need TLC
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November 20, 2018
There were four of five things going on in town last Thursday that I wanted to attend. Typical night in the busy ’Burg, huh? One of them I had to let ...
Wit a dying art in politics
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Wit a dying art in politics
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November 20, 2018
Among today’s most regrettable trends is the dying art of effective humor and satire in politics. During 1984’s second debate between President Reagan...
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