Fredericksburg Features
Columns and stories of life from the Fredericksburg area.
COLUMN: Expect strong roots from ‘Family Tree’
ROB HEDELT / THE FREE LANCE-STAR AFTER seeing untold number of new sitcoms seek laughs by being loud, extreme and coarse, HBO’s new “Family Tree” is a relief. Though it’s not …more
May 9th, 2013
COLUMN: Yes siree, manners are quite refreshing
CATHY DYSON / THE FREE LANCE-STAR IN A MATTER of hours, I heard the phrase “yes, ma’am,” more than I probably hear in a year.I was watching King George High School’s …more
April 25th, 2013
COLUMN: Today, it’s the good, the bad and the odd
CATHY DYSON / THE FREE LANCE-STAR NONE OF THESE is a stop-the-press kind of moment.But put them together and they make up what I call my recent collection of good, …more
April 18th, 2013
WRY TOAST: Shopping, with her head in the clouds
EDIE GROSS / THE FREE LANCE-STAR GOD BLESS the Sky Mall catalog. If, like me, you fly coach, by the time you reach your seat, you’ve been herded like cattle through …more
April 7th, 2013
Herons enjoying their annual herring feast
BY CATHY DYSON / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Just as people are willing to drive a few extra miles for a good restaurant, the great blue herons that nest in Stafford …more
April 1st, 2013
Ferry Farm Elementary students enriched by photography
Ferry Farm Elementary School students, from left, Emily Wright, Max Redman and Sydney Maynard make pictures during a photographic safari around the school last week. The hunt for good images …more
April 1st, 2013
GETTING THERE: Half of surveyed adults text and drive
BY SCOTT SHENK / THE FREE LANCE-STAR Next time you’re driving and feel the urge to make a phone call or text someone, remember that April is distracted driver awareness month.We shouldn’t …more
March 25th, 2013
A growing family prays for a shrinking tumor
BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE / THE FREE LANCE–STAR This morning, when Sarah-Grace Blaine enters the world, her father will be there to hear her first cries. Richard Blaine always wanted …more
February 17th, 2013
Come get a little bit closer
BY SUE MANNING/ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES—Dogs and cats can’t brush, spit, gargle or floss on their own. So owners who want to avoid bad pet breath will need to lend …more
February 17th, 2013
Make another visit to ‘Sesame Street’
BY JAKE COYLE/ ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK—Nearing 1 billion views on YouTube, “Sesame Street” is headed for Justin Bieber territory.The children’s program is closing in on the kind of rarified …more
