Local
Wes Wolfe
More often than not, alcohol license hearings come and go at local governments without much argument, but an attempt by St. Marys business Sweet Luncheonette to sell wine by the bottle sparked an hour’s debate at this Monday’s St. Marys City Council meeting.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Camden County Schools Superintendent Tracolya Green, left, and Mary Lee Clark Elementary School Principal Rika Dow, right, honor the school district’s Media Specialist of the Year, Ardith Sweatt.
Sweatt named Media Specialist of the Year
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
Uncertainty the norm at national parks after DOGE cuts
Wes Wolfe
More than one out of every 20 National Park Service jobs are gone and budgets are in a state of flux, thanks to the efforts of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
DOGE isn’t an official government department, but more of an advisory panel to the president, under the law.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Star of the show
Andy Diffenderfer
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merica’s Best Restaurants (ABR), a national media and marketing company spotlighting independently owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to Captain Stan’s Smokehouse in Woodbine on March 4.
“I think we’re going to get quite busy from it,” owner Stan Mieloch said last Thursday.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
City of Kingsland opts out of statewide homestead exemption
Wes Wolfe
The Kingsland City Council unanimously agreed to opt-out of the state homestead exemption this week, but as the General Assembly continues to debate and shape HB 92, the clean-up bill could provide counties, municipalities and school districts more time and options as to what they would like to do...
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kandiss Taylor declares bid for First Congressional District seat
Scott J. Bryan
The 2026 election cycle officially began Tuesday when Republican Kandiss Taylor announced she was running for the First Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Camden County Sheriff’s Office’s Buck Aldridge, left, points his Taser at Leonard Cure during a traffic stop Oct. 16, 2023.
No charges for Camden County Sheriff's Office deputy in 2023 shooting of exonerated man
Wes Wolfe
The Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney will not bring charges against a Camden County deputy who shot and killed a man during a scuffle on the side of I-95 during a traffic stop in late 2023.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Camden Middle School sixth-grade assistant principal Leatha Massey recently shared with Mamie Lou Gross Elementary fifth-graders her experience meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a student at Morris Brown College in Atlanta.
Mamie Lou Gross Elementary students learn about history
News Staff
Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School fifth-graders learned about life in the 1960s on Feb. 20.
One of Georgia’ fifth-grade social studies standards involves being able to describe the importance of key people, events and developments between 1950-75.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kendall Lee, Alyssa O’Hara, Eva Finn and Tinsley Griffis participate in a dance routine during the Inferno dance competition in Charleston, S.C.
Lisa Allen Dance Studio collects awards at competition
News Staff
The Lisa Allen’s Dance Works Dazzlers competitive dance team kicked off its competition season at the Inferno dance competition in Charleston, S.C.
The Dazzlers gained high praises from the judges, walking away with a plethora of outstanding awards.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Commissioners vote to opt out of state homestead exemption
Wes Wolfe
The last two hearings for Camden County on opting out of the statewide homestead exemption came and went without public comment, following which, commissioners voted unanimously to opt-out.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025