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A wood stork in flight.

A wood stork in flight.

Wood Stork Birding Festival date set as bird ecotourism grows

Wes Wolfe
Monday, July 29, 2024
The biological diversity of the Southeast Georgia coast is a regular draw for local visitors and out-of-town tourists, so folks who want to get a jump on planning for next year can do so as the annual Wood Stork Birding Festival is now set for April 12.
Heather Metty was recently honored by the Camden County Board of Commissioners as its employee of the quarter.

Heather Metty was recently honored by the Camden County Board of Commissioners as its employee of the quarter.

Metty named employee of the quarter

News Staff
Monday, July 29, 2024
The Camden County Board of Commissioners on July 16 honored Heather Metty of the Camden County Tax Commissioner’s Office, naming her the Employee of the Quarter.
Submitted photos Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus winter Volunteer of the Quarter was Beverley Spaeth, left. With Spaeth is Camden Campus Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing.

Submitted photos Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus winter Volunteer of the Quarter was Beverley Spaeth, left. With Spaeth is Camden Campus Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing.

Health system honors volunteers of the quarter

News Staff
Monday, July 29, 2024
Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently aBeverley Spaeth as the Camden Campus Winter Volunteer of the Quarter. At the same time, Joyce Hood was announced as the Camden Campus Spring Volunteer of the Quarter.

‘Unique and unbelievable’

Andy Diffenderfer
Saturday, July 20, 2024
A member of the 1957 class of the U.S. Naval Academy, Kingsland resident Jim Paulk has seen the great heights many of his classmates reached. A year after the author’s first book, a collection of stories from that esteemed group forms his second, “Shaking Up the World.
Plug Power

Plug Power

Plug Power seeks 1.1M gallons of groundwater

Wes Wolfe
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Plug Power’s innovative green hydrogen plant in Woodbine is apparently thirsty and in need of some water — about 1.1 million gallons per day, according to the groundwater withdrawal permit application.
Cmdr. Jeffrey Prebeck assumes command of Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay from Capt. David Vicks during a change of command ceremony July 11 in St. Marys. Rear Adm. Douglas Schofield, commander, Coast Guard Seventh District, presided over the ceremony.

Cmdr. Jeffrey Prebeck assumes command of Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay from Capt. David Vicks during a change of command ceremony July 11 in St. Marys. Rear Adm. Douglas Schofield, commander, Coast Guard Seventh District, presided over the ceremony.

Coast Guard unit changes command

News Staff
Saturday, July 20, 2024
The crew of Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay conducted a change of command ceremony, Thursday, July 11, at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay chapel in St. Marys.  During the ceremony, Capt.
Two Rivers Gun Range

Two Rivers Gun Range

County approves gun range canopy, jail sprinkler overhaul

Wes Wolfe
Saturday, July 20, 2024
The months-long debate over noise coming from the Two Rivers Gun Range may be on the path to resolution as the Camden County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a nearly $120,000 contract with Brunswick firm Troy Acoustics for a sound-deadening canopy over the pistol range.
Court tosses Georgia claim against feds in Medicaid expansion case

Court tosses Georgia claim against feds in Medicaid expansion case

Court tosses Georgia claim against feds in Medicaid expansion case

Wes Wolfe
Saturday, July 20, 2024
The state of Georgia lost its case against the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week as the federal district court in Brunswick ruled the state and the Georgia Department of Community Health failed to properly submit its request for an extension of the implementation period...