As you read this, we will be basically one week out from Christmas. Hard to believe, but that blessed and magical time of the year has really arrived as a hopeful respite from the anger and frustrations surrounding COVID-19, elections, the pipeline and the alternate truck route. For the hospitality ...

Each day in December, the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce is featuring its members as part of a “shop local” campaign called Fab-YULE-ous Finds. “Now, more than ever, it is important for Gillespie County residents to shop local,” said Chamber President Penny C. McBride. “The pandemic taught us ju...

I love Christmas. I mean really, love Christmas. I look forward to Advent all year long for spiritual reasons and because of a special happiness I feel so intensely the very moment the Thanksgiving turkey makes its curtain call and I can begin hauling holiday decorations into the house. As one known...

Traditions are a curious thing. Our perceptions of and fervor around them often have more to do with our own recent memory than actual historical, cul...

Established in 1975, Fredericksburg Dentistry has helped provide the community with dental care services. Dr. Thomas E. Schmidt opened the practice an...

Editors note: This column was originally printed in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post in November 2018. Sunday’s sermon was about ridding ourselv...