Outdoors On Edge Morning came far too early for my friends, Will Crowe, Joel O’Shoney and me. The day before we had collectively landed four blacktip sharks (and lost another three) and we’d spent that night at Mickey’s Bar and Grill in Aransas Pass celebrating. We’d eaten greasy bacon, jalapeño che...

“Bugs in the Backyard,” a Nature Series program sponsored by Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center, is a chance to explore the hidden world of insects that inhabit our local environment. The program will take place on Thursday, August 7 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the AgriLife Extension Office,...

Deadline for applications to be part of the Hill Country Community Needs Council’s “Supplies for Success” program is Monday, Aug. 4. To register to be...

The Fredericksburg Independent School District Education Foundation invites students, families, staff and the community to its Backto- School Communit...

The Gillespie County Ministerial Association will host a School-to-School Prayer Service starting at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10 and following at other loc...