A new service from the city alerts residents to city events, status and more.Visit https://www.fredericksburgalert.com/ to register to receive txts, email or get a pager notice for a variety of notices from the city. (A pager, what’s that again?) Alrea…
Probably one of the best family benefit of living in the city is the Dixon park pool. From friendly staff, to fun children’s area, to a mini-water slide, this has to be one of the funnest items in the inventory of city parks. And the best part for peop…
Just received this in a comment – thanks!Sat, Jul. 31 – Family Fun Festival & Avatar at Unity Church of Fredericksburg!From 4pm-7pm 3607 Lafayette Blvd. UCoF Family Fun Festival! Planning a silent auction with gifts and services. Will play games li…
As I sit here in a t-shirt, enjoying the warm day amongst many frigid ones lately, I thought I’d post a picture taken this morning to remind us that it is still very much winter. We have our very own ice flow in the Rappahannock. A beautiful sight in t…
This weekend brings one of the more interesting Art & Wine festivals in the area because of the location. Caledon Natural Area is hosting their annual festival on Saturday Nov 7th from 10am-6pm.http://caledonnaturalareafriends.webs.com/artandwinef…
What to do on a rainy weekend? Or any weekend for that matter? This Saturday we took our child to Toddlin Time in Fredericksburg. It’s on Princess Anne st, across from the Texaco, just down the street from Carl’s. It’s upstairs, with plenty of room …
UPDATE: In a comment, I added a few good links. I’m also putting them here in the main story.Virginia Beekeepers Association http://www.virginiabeekeepers.org/VA Discovery Museum in Charlottesville keeps a colony http://www.vadm.org/And for reference I…
This afternoon we were able to swing by Fredericksburg Pub (behind the mall) with our one year old. Here is a facility that isn’t exactly child friendly, but it isn’t in their business plan either. They did however have steamed veggies, which worked …
This picture was taken at Oktoberfest last weekend. An impromptu bike rack. As I walked down the hill to the event I passed a number of residents and students with their bicycles. We’ve heard George Solley and Brad Ellis on city council talk about t…
Had the chance to get by our new butcher today. Olde Towne Butcher is located on William Street next to University Cafe and across from Kybecca. Tonight there will be two beautiful rib-eye’s sitting on the grill getting the heat treatment. I like a p…
