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A Seafarers Memorial is planned in downtown St. Marys. The memorial will honor all lost at sea, but is being resurrected in response to the loss of Dalton Conway, Caleb Wilkerson and Christopher Tyler Barlow, who went missing in October 2023 and were never found.

A Seafarers Memorial is planned in downtown St. Marys. The memorial will honor all lost at sea, but is being resurrected in response to the loss of Dalton Conway, Caleb Wilkerson and Christopher Tyler Barlow, who went missing in October 2023 and were never found.

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Event to benefit Seafarers Memorial

Scott J. Bryan
Friday, July 4, 2025
VFW Post 8385 is hosting a Seafarers Memorial Ride to raise funds for a memorial remembering three Camden County residents who disappeared at sea during a fishing trip.

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St. Marys Riverkeeper launches resiliency project with $716K federal grant

Wes Wolfe
Friday, July 4, 2025
In a time which the availability of federal grants is very much in question, the St. Marys Riverkeeper received a $716,200 grant award through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to conduct the largest project in the organization’s history — a roughly 30-month effort to develop 10 different...

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U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter launches Trump bid for Nobel Prize

Wes Wolfe
Friday, July 4, 2025
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter made another national news splash recently when he sent a letter to Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Jørgen Watne Frydnes to nominate President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize regarding his efforts to bring a close to the thus-far short-lived military conflict between...

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Local serves aboard Navy’s oldest commissioned warship

News Staff
Friday, July 4, 2025
Rick Burke Navy Office of Community Outreach BOSTON – Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Fowler, an alumnus of Camden County High School, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of independence while serving aboard USS Constitution, the Navy’s oldest commissioned warship.
“The Day That Shook Georgia,” a documentary about the Thiokol Plant explosion in 1971, recently won a Southeast Emmy. From left are Thiokol Memorial Project’s Beatrice Hall, Emma Lou Gibbs, Angela Myers, executive producer Anne Longstreth, director Patrick Longstreth, and Thiokol Memorial Project’s Hattie Fogle, Melissa Jackson and Henrietta Lee.

“The Day That Shook Georgia,” a documentary about the Thiokol Plant explosion in 1971, recently won a Southeast Emmy. From left are Thiokol Memorial Project’s Beatrice Hall, Emma Lou Gibbs, Angela Myers, executive producer Anne Longstreth, director Patrick Longstreth, and Thiokol Memorial Project’s Hattie Fogle, Melissa Jackson and Henrietta Lee.

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Show-stopping winner

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A short film capturing the impact of a national tragedy in Camden County has won a top honor.
The Tribune & Georgian won eight awards at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet. From left are Marketing Director Laurie Levine, Assistant/Sports Editor Andy Diffenderfer, Editor and Publisher Scott J. Bryan and Production Director Denese Proctor.

The Tribune & Georgian won eight awards at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet. From left are Marketing Director Laurie Levine, Assistant/Sports Editor Andy Diffenderfer, Editor and Publisher Scott J. Bryan and Production Director Denese Proctor.

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Tribune & Georgian wins 8 awards in Georgia Press Association contest

News Staff
Saturday, June 28, 2025
The Tribune & Georgian received eight awards Friday night at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet at the Jekyll Island Club during the association’s 138th annual convention.
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58-year-old sentenced to life in prison

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A 58-year-old Kingsland man was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to two sex crimes involving a 14-year-old girl, according to a news release from the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.