This year, many plants were late to emerge from dormancy. The pecan trees in my garden are only now putting on true leaves and I still see many live oaks shedding and putting on fresh growth. Lawns greened up later, too, which means that instead of fertilizing in late April, now is the time to ferti...

Hunter Frantzen of Fredericksburg received the Catholic Life Insurance All-American Scholar Award. Frantzen, who is the son of Buffy and Shane Frantzen, is a senior at Fredericksburg High School. He will attend Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Blinn-Brenham this fall. A total of 35 seniors received ...

Fredericksburg Independent School District Community Education has announced its 23rd annual theater summer workshop. Dates are June 20-July 24 with a holiday week of July 4. The 20th musical will be “Oliver!” from MTI junior musicals. The junior version is different in that the gang of kids are mix...

Scots of the Texas Hill Country will have an in-person meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 12. The meeting will take place at the Unitarian Universalist F...

Becker Vineyards hosts its Annual Lavender Festival Saturday and Sunday, May 7-8, at its Estate Winery Vineyard location, 11 miles east of Fredericksb...

The Cherry Mountain Community Club’s annual Open House, Auction and Barbecue has been scheduled for Saturday, May 14. Guided tours of the Cherry Mount...