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Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County commissioners approve $85 million budget

Wes Wolfe
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Camden County has a budget to head into the next fiscal year, which came in balanced at more than $85.9 million before, just prior to its passage, commissioners voted to fund several positions at 75% and made other trims that impacted the final number, dropping it by more than $90,000.
Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott received Camden Connection’s Prevention Partner Awards. From left are Camden Connection Managing Principal Steven Sainz, Walker, Camden Connection board member Rachel Baldwin, Walker, Scott and Camden Connection Board President Glenn Gann.

Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott received Camden Connection’s Prevention Partner Awards. From left are Camden Connection Managing Principal Steven Sainz, Walker, Camden Connection board member Rachel Baldwin, Walker, Scott and Camden Connection Board President Glenn Gann.

Camden County announces Prevention Partner Awards

News Staff
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Camden Connection announced the recipients of the 2025 Prevention Partner Award: Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and departing CCHS ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott.
St. Marys City Hall

St. Marys City Hall

St. Marys City Council approves 2025-26 budget

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Following a vote two weeks earlier to reject the city’s proposed budget, the St. Marys City Council approved an amended budget this week that will allow the necessary two weeks’ time for city staff to put it into place before the beginning of the next fiscal year in July.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council members think there is still hope for red snapper management under a new administration.

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council members think there is still hope for red snapper management under a new administration.

Opportunities seen for red snapper management

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, June 19, 2025
While the Trump administration essentially set the South Atlantic recreational red snapper policy back to the status quo generally unpalatable to both anglers and biologists, and massive personnel and budget cuts threaten to severely hamper the work of NOAA Fisheries, members on the South Atlantic...
Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus Wound Care Center team members, from left, are Donna Geiger, Camille McGowan, Nancy Turner, Jim Hendrix, Jennifer Bailey, Benjamin Bograd, Stephanie Soto-Bowen, Ashley Holland and Angie Hanson.

Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus Wound Care Center team members, from left, are Donna Geiger, Camille McGowan, Nancy Turner, Jim Hendrix, Jennifer Bailey, Benjamin Bograd, Stephanie Soto-Bowen, Ashley Holland and Angie Hanson.

SGHS Wound Care team earns honors

News Staff
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Physicians, clinicians, and staff at the Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick and Camden Campus Wound Care Centers recently gathered to celebrate a prestigious milestone: both centers were honored with the Robert A. Warriner III, MD, Award.
Kingsland City Hall

Kingsland City Hall

Kingsland City Council hits pause on new plan

Wes Wolfe
Sunday, June 15, 2025
A set of guidance measures meant to promote environmental protection and resilience as Kingsland develops won’t go into effect at the moment as city staff take another look in order to present the city council with a better-tailored ordinance.
A Georgia Coastal Resources Division biologist prepares a red snapper for a tissue sample. Georgia Department of Natural Resources

A Georgia Coastal Resources Division biologist prepares a red snapper for a tissue sample. Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Trump admin returns red snapper to status quo

Wes Wolfe
Sunday, June 15, 2025
The situation set out before recreational anglers is this — the recreational bottom fishing closure in the South Atlantic is off the table, but the same day-long season you found intolerable for years are going back into effect in July.
Saltwater Performing Arts will perform “Steel Magnolias” June 19-22. Front row, from left, are cast members Eden George, Shelby Armentrout, Nichole Sternad and Whitney Bryan. Back row: Samantha Champeau, Edie Blakenburg, Denise Oravec, Anna Wheater and Chance Davis.

Saltwater Performing Arts will perform “Steel Magnolias” June 19-22. Front row, from left, are cast members Eden George, Shelby Armentrout, Nichole Sternad and Whitney Bryan. Back row: Samantha Champeau, Edie Blakenburg, Denise Oravec, Anna Wheater and Chance Davis.

Saltwater Performing Arts presents ‘Steel Magnolias’

News Staff
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Saltwater Performing Arts brings the heart-warming and amusing “Steel Magnolias” to the stage June 19-22. Set in the 1980s in Truvy Jones’ (Whitney Bryan) beauty salon in Chinquapin, La., where anyone who’s anyone not only comes to get their hair styled, but also leaves with free advice.