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LEADING WITH LOVE

Andy Diffenderfer
Monday, July 29, 2024
After a 28-year career in the Navy, the questions vexed Robert Roncska, the retired former commander of the USS Texas. How could a homogenous environment like the Navy produce such different work atmospheres? Why did certain crews thrive while others struggled to find harmony?
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Kingsland signs on for $300K grant for lead pipe investigation

Wes Wolfe
Monday, July 29, 2024
The Kingsland City Council recently approved accepting a $300,000 grant, issued by the Georgia Environmental Finance Agency with federal funds, to get an accurate look at the city’s lead pipe infrastructure for drinking water, ahead of expected moves to replace those lines.
A wood stork in flight.

A wood stork in flight.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.”
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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.
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High-speed chase ends in suspect’s death

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, July 20, 2024
A man wanted in Florida for murder killed himself after a high-speed chase with law enforcement officials, the Kingsland Police Department announced via news release Tuesday.
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Alcohol licenses OK’d despite opposition

Wes Wolfe
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Demon rum became the talk of St. Marys City Council as council members put every other new business agenda item on the consent agenda, with the exception of two 2024 alcohol licenses for a couple of historic district businesses owned by the same people – the Cedar Oak Cafe and the Spencer House...
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.

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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.