A nationally renowned economist recognizes this market is different Last Wednesday’s State of the Burg Economic Summit, produced by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce and held at Rockbox Theater, showed what we all know: Fredericksburg and Gillespie County are exceptional. It’s a wonderful place...

T he American Red Cross was founded this month in 1881 and their invaluable work continues across the country today. In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons founded the American National Red Cross to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters in c...

‘Gold Standard’ As an election judge for the city election on May 3, I read the account of the election with interest and surprise. Interest because the candidate results were reported accurately, surprise because again the unfounded attack on hand counting. The hand counting was completed at 8:45 p...

Hindsights “Oh, they dance everywhere we go,” Felix Pehl once said, “even out on the pavement, just on the road where they don’t have no hall. They ca...

Inspiring events recognize veterans, settlers and slave families;s offer hopeful spirit This past weekend was a good one, and not just for the usual e...

H appy Mother’s Day (May 11, 2025) to all the “mean moms” out there. The late Erma Bombeck’s words from her column “A Mother’s Love” written in the 19...