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Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Kingsland woman earns Community Service Award

Lola Goettie, general manager at Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham, recently received the Wyndham Hotel & Resorts’ Community Service Award during the 2025 Wyndham Global Conference in Las Vegas.

Carter-led hearing covers RFK Jr.’s plans, HHS budget

As the Republican majority on the House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee is fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s agenda, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could expect somewhat of a friendly welcome as he appeared to speak on the administration’s...
Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County commissioners approve $85 million budget

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

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

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.

Camden County landfill set to move up for buildout

In order to create space in Camden County’s municipal solid waste landfill, the plan isn’t to acquire more property, but to make more of what’s already on hand by quite literally piling up the trash.
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

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

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.

Carter looks to sideline China on pharmaceuticals

The United States often has to import necessary goods from places not exactly friendly to American policies — this week, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter chaired a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing looking into how to secure America’s pharmaceutical supply chain in terms of getting Chinese...
Kingsland City Hall

Kingsland City Hall

Kingsland City Council hits pause on new plan

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.