Summertime in the ’60s

By Keva Hoffmann Boardman — I grew up in New Braunfels. It really was just like Mayberry on the Andy Griffith show. Neighbors were best friends. Kids walked to school together. Every mom was like your own mom watching and caring for the kids invading her kitchen. Dads took us

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Historic Kindermaskenball Parade This Coming Saturday

By Myra Lee Adams Goff Eleven years ago Rosemarie Gregory and I wrote a book called “Kindermaskenball, Past and Present”. It’s about an event here in New Braunfels that goes back to the early days of the settlement. At the beginning of the book we made this statement: “Kindermaskenball is

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Karbach House reopening soon

By Myra Lee Adams Goff A house at 457 W. San Antonio St. will open shortly as a Bed and Breakfast. The house is referred to by old-time New Braunfelsers as the Karbach House. But it didn’t start out as the Karbach House. The house was built for George and

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