Holidays in Historic Fredericksburg events continue through December 21, 2014.

Santa Train Tickets On Sale November 24
2014 VRE Santa Train tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24.
‘Experience Fredericksburg’ Gift Cards on Sale
The “Experience Fredericksburg Gift Card” is a new holiday shopping option.
Lord & Lilly’s Ribbon Cutting
Lord & Lilly’s and Sandy’s Frugals and Frillys is located at 900 Caroline St.

Amanda Talbert Receives Metzger Award
Talbert has served as Public Affairs Coordinator at GEICO since 2002, and she volunteers her time with many organizations.

UMW Hosts Women’s Leadership Conference
Kathy Korman Frey will present “The Sisterhood of Success” at UMW’s 21st Annual Leadership Colloquium on November 6, 2014.
uBreakiFix Opens Fredericksburg Location
“If it has a power button, we can fix it.”
Alan Furs, Bash Boutique Open on Caroline Street
The new store held its grand opening celebration October 11.
“startupland” Community Growing in Fredericksburg
Fredericksuburg premier of “startupland.” Series Associate Producer Maxim Wheatley is in the center. FredXchange Co-Founder Christine Goodwin is to his left. FredXchange Co-Founder Matt Armstrong is on the far right, holding his daughter.
By Susan Larson
“There’s this common misconception that we want to break down — the misconception that you have to be in close proximity to infrastructure, like Silicon Valley, to succeed. That may have been true about 20 years ago, but now it has changed quite radically.”

Local Gardening Couple Is Connecting the World with Plants
Bill and Tracy Blevins founded Plants Map, a mobile friendly website that allows individuals and organizations to create a webpage for each of their plants.

Nick Cadwallender Joins Plants Map
The former president and publisher of the Free Lance-Star has joined Plants Map as senior vice president for strategic partnerships.