GRACE WAGNER & ABBEY MAGNET Life Editor & Photo Editor The Fredericksburg Scarecrow Festival is more than just a whimsical...
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GRACE WAGNER & ABBEY MAGNET Life Editor & Photo Editor The historic downtown area of Fredericksburg is a charming destination...
by ALEXA DELACONCEPCION Staff Writer Safety and well-being are two valuable assets UMW is committed to. Fredericksburg seems to be...
by BRADEN ROBERTS Staff Writer Marshall Hall will be razed and rebuilt as the new location for the Department of...
By JUSTIN REICHARD Staff Writer Graduating seniors are going to be jealous of all the new restaurants coming to downtown...
By DALEY JENNINGS Staff Writer The music community of downtown Fredericksburg is severely underappreciated for a plethora of reasons. One...
By DALEY JENNINGS Staff Writer The blossoming Fredericksburg music scene is somehow one of the city’s best-kept secrets despite hosting...
By AUGUSTUS GROHMANN Staff Writer Despite UMW’s proximity to downtown Fredericksburg, some students rarely visit the area. Most students give...
By ABIGAIL BUCHHOLZ Staff Writer Riverby Books, located at 805 Caroline Street, has become a popular destination for University of...
By LINDSAY RUONGRAT Staff Writer Downtown Fredericksburg now has an LGBTQ+ pop-up bookstore, thanks to UMW senior and classics major,...
By DALEY JENNINGS Staff Writer The thirty-fourth annual UMW Ghostwalk is upon us. The Ghostwalk is a tour of downtown...
By KELSEY SHEFFER Staff Writer On Apr. 11, UMW students attended a forum about the slave post located in Downtown...
By JESSIE WHITMER Staff Writer Is heading from UMW to downtown Fredericksburg making students feel uncomfortable? Some students love heading...
By ELIZABETH DEVINE Staff Writer Although downtown Fredericksburg is steeped in history, it is constantly experiencing change. Strolling down Caroline...
By ELIZABETH DEVINE Contributing Writer On the first Friday of every month, the streets of downtown Fredericksburg bustle with art...
By GARY KNOWLES Staff Writer The UMW Office of the President released a message stating that a Campus Parking Task...
SKYLA HENDRICKS Staff Writer The city of Fredericksburg is making new changes to the Parking Action Plan because of the...
By ANDREW ARENAS In a wonderful culmination of reading and literature, the city of Fredericksburg held its very first Independent Book...
By JOSEPH YEAGER The smell of coffee. New York style pizza slices. A cozy restaurant in the back of an...
By CRISA YOUNG With the holiday season in full force, the biggest franchises lead the way with extravagant sales and unbeatable...
By ANDREW PETTERSON Whether students have lived in Fredericksburg for 10 months or 10 years, downtown, or down Route 17, their...
By GRANT RAYCROFT As the leaves turn red and the days grow cold, a cozy little place off the brick walk...
By ELIZABETH BEAUCHAMP University of Mary Washington’s Historic Preservation Club hosted its annual ghost walk throughout downtown Fredericksburg. The student- run event...
By NICOLE LINDELL Capital Ale House’s Fredericksburg Oktoberfest, originally scheduled for Oct. 3, was recently rescheduled to Oct. 24 due to...
By EMILY HOLLINGSWORTH “These doughnuts must be something,” I thought, as I arrived at Sugar Shack, the new doughnut shop that...
By JONATHAN POLSON Any student at the University of Mary Washington knows that Fredericksburg has a number of exciting and...
Courtland Lyle/The Blue & Gray Press By COURTLAND LYLE There’s something undeniably eerie – and yet so intriguing – about...
By NANCY BELLE Going downtown to Capital Ale House’s annual Oktoberfest should be something every University of Mary Washington student...
By CHELSEA FULLER The front window is filled with TV’s, the girl at the cash register has blue and pink...
By FAYE HAYMOND Most people know that downtown Fredericksburg contains three primary sellers of used books: Riverby, The Griffin, and...