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Library to hold December book sale
December 4, 2024
The Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library is holding a sidewalk book sale on Saturday, Dec. 7. The sale will take place in front of the building, located at 115 W. Main St., from 9 a.m. until noon. Books are priced at 50 cents for softback and $1.50 for hardbacks, payable by cash or check. Proceeds of...
Gillespie Life
Fredericksburg poet publishes new collection of poetry
December 4, 2024
Local poet Megan Willome’s latest collection of poetry was inspired by the Holy Bible. “Love and other Mysteries” are poems of both longing and seeking from the perspective of a woman in midlife,” Willome said. “They are poems that embrace life’s mysterious turns to the click of rosary beads, round ...
Cattle brands leave a mark
Gillespie Life, News
Cattle brands leave a mark
Hindsights Michael Barr 
December 4, 2024
Longhorn cattle are lanky and rangy and can run like antelope. In the days before fences, they roamed across south Texas wild and loose like deer. Because cows looked alike, and they all mixed on the range, each stockman needed a way to distinguish his animals from everyone else’s. Early stock raise...
Preserving the crunch is key to good coleslaw
Gillespie Life, Taste
Preserving the crunch is key to good coleslaw
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
December 4, 2024
When researching recipes, I sometimes rifle through my mother’s. There I found an empty Kraft Sour Cream packet. On its reverse, a recipe for Coleslaw...
Gillespie Life, VINE
The 23 days of Christmas wine passport
December 4, 2024
There are 17 days left to use a Texas Hill Country Wineries’ Christmas Wine Affair passport. The event began Monday, Nov. 25, and runs through Friday,...
Local shelters have pets for adoption
Gillespie Life, VINE
Local shelters have pets for adoption
December 4, 2024
Animal Shelter/HCSPCA pets need homes Macy is an orange and white 4-month-old female Manx. Her tail is just three inches long, which in the Manx world...
Gillespie Life, VINE
Local vineyard offers holiday hike on grounds
December 4, 2024
Diamond Vineyards is offering a morning hike through its vineyards on Saturdays, Dec. 7 and Dec. 21. The hour and 30-minute stroll through the vines a...
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
Education, Gillespie Life
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
December 4, 2024
Fredericksburg High School Red-Hotts Christmas Spectacular will be held this weekend, featuring dance routines, vocalists and the FHS Jazz Band. The s...
Education, Gillespie Life
Sapp named to Dean’s List at University of Utah
December 4, 2024
Jet Sapp, of Fredericksburg, was among more than 2,800 students named to the University of Utah’s Summer 2024 Dean’s List. To qualify, students must e...
Ridley Scott aims to recapture magic with ‘Gladiator II’
Gillespie Life, Movies
Ridley Scott aims to recapture magic with ‘Gladiator II’
BY MATT WARD 
December 4, 2024
Cinematic Considerations Since 2001, shortly after his “Gladiator” won the Best Picture Academy Award, director Ridley Scott has been engaged in the p...
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