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St. Marys Police Department officer Felipe Rivas directs traffic Wednesday morning in front of St. Marys Middle School. Rivas is the school resource officer and works on campus every day.

St. Marys Police Department officer Felipe Rivas directs traffic Wednesday morning in front of St. Marys Middle School. Rivas is the school resource officer and works on campus every day.

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School safety a priority

Scott J. Bryan
Thursday, September 12, 2024
More than a week after a tragic school shooting at another Georgia high school 300 miles northwest of Camden County, school officials here are attempting to calm the fears of parents and guardians who have taken to social media seemingly daily as rampant rumors fly about school safety.

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National Park Service offers details on land swap

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The hot-button issue of Cumberland Island land management is back before the public thanks to a proposed plan by the National Park Service to swap four plots of land for privately held plots of the same monetary value.
The city of Kingsland is moving forward on a new mobile phone application that is intended to streamline communication between city first responders and residents. At its last meeting, the Kingsland City Council approved spending $4,500 from the police seized assets fund for a one-year agreement with the North Carolina firm StackBench for what’s being called a unified communications platform public safety application. The one-year contract is meant as a test period. Councilman Farran Fullilove expressed hi

The city of Kingsland is moving forward on a new mobile phone application that is intended to streamline communication between city first responders and residents. At its last meeting, the Kingsland City Council approved spending $4,500 from the police seized assets fund for a one-year agreement with the North Carolina firm StackBench for what’s being called a unified communications platform public safety application. The one-year contract is meant as a test period. Councilman Farran Fullilove expressed hi

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Kingsland awards public safety app contract

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Kingsland Elementary School recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony after its first full-scale renovation since the school opened in 1992.

Kingsland Elementary School recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony after its first full-scale renovation since the school opened in 1992.

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Kingsland Elementary School celebrates renovation

News Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Kingsland Elementary School marked a significant milestone Sept. 5 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its first full-scale renovation since the school originally opened its doors in 1992.

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Woodbine mayor earns training recognition

News Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Woodbine Mayor Kizzi Knight received the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute Certificate of Recognition on June 24 during the Georgia Municipal Association’s (GMA) Annual Convention in Savannah.

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Judge halts student loan forgiveness in multi-state lawsuit

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Lawyers representing the state of Georgia filed another lawsuit challenging a policy of the Biden administration in the federal district court in Brunswick last week, joined by the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, North Dakota and Ohio, though Missouri is listed first on the...
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Camden jury finds Mass. man guilty of murder

Wes Wolfe
Friday, September 6, 2024
A Camden County jury found Massachusetts man Jason Palmer guilty of stabbing and killing his former fiancee, Jessica Goodrich, at a Woodbine gas station in October 2022, days after she sent messages to her son in which she suspected Palmer of wanting to kill her.

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Fire agency set to receive new engines, gear

Wes Wolfe
Friday, September 6, 2024
A fire and rescue service covering the county isn’t cheap, but the Camden County government is working through a series of upgrades that now include two new rescue pumpers at a total cost of nearly $850,000, and eight sets of bunker gear for new fire and rescue personnel, quoted at a little more...
A tripod fish props itself up on the seafloor along the Blake Plateau.

A tripod fish props itself up on the seafloor along the Blake Plateau.

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Enviro orgs push for Blake Plateau protections

Wes Wolfe
Friday, September 6, 2024
Though the world’s ecosystems are interconnected, it can be easy to forget Georgia’s natural world extends well beyond Cumberland Island.