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10 police vehicles on tap for Kingsland

Wes Wolfe
Friday, March 15, 2024
The Kingsland City Council awarded a bid in its last meeting to purchase 10 replacement patrol vehicles for the city police department, along with bids accounting for more than $1.5 million in road resurfacing work.
A person clips off a small piece of red snapper fin for genetic analysis.

A person clips off a small piece of red snapper fin for genetic analysis.

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Federal red snapper event still unknown

Wes Wolfe
Friday, March 15, 2024
Georgia anglers looking to bring home a red snapper this year may have to fish in the Gulf of Mexico, because a federal recreational season for South Atlantic waters is very much up in the air.
Cassie Turpin

Cassie Turpin

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Turpin earns floodplain manager certification

News Staff
Friday, March 15, 2024
The Camden County Board of Commissioners announced that Cassie Turpin completed the necessary steps to become a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) through the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM).
Okefenokee Swamp Park environmental science education coordinator Katie Antczak visited Mary Lee Clark Elementary School to teach fourth-graders about the swamp’s ecosystem.

Okefenokee Swamp Park environmental science education coordinator Katie Antczak visited Mary Lee Clark Elementary School to teach fourth-graders about the swamp’s ecosystem.

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Fourth-graders get up close with swamp critters

News Staff
Friday, March 15, 2024
Students in Terrie Walker’s fourth grade science classes at Mary Lee Clark Elementary School recently had a visit from Katie Antczak, the environmental science education coordinator and Regional Education Services Agencies’ consultant from Okefenokee Swamp Park.
A UGA Marine Extension and UGA Sea Grant staff member holds a shrimp as they discuss issues with the Georgia shrimp fishery.

A UGA Marine Extension and UGA Sea Grant staff member holds a shrimp as they discuss issues with the Georgia shrimp fishery.

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‘State crustacean’ recognition for Georgia white shrimp advances

Wes Wolfe
Friday, March 15, 2024
In a nod to the shrimping industry that brought so many to coastal Georgia, state Rep. Steven Sainz’s attempt to get the white shrimp named as the official state crustacean advanced this week in the Senate. The bill, HB 1341, previously cleared the House of Representatives on a 171-0 vote on Feb.

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Southeast Georgia Health System adds obstetrician/gynecologist

News Staff
Friday, March 15, 2024
Southeast Georgia Health System has added obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Roxanne Mody to the Southeast Georgia Physician Associates–Obstetrics & Gynecology and to the Camden Campus medical staff. The practice is located at 2060 Dan Proctor Drive, Suite 1200, in St. Marys.
The carcass of the calf of North Atlantic right whale No. 1612, Juno, lies in the surf along the beach of Cumberland Island.

The carcass of the calf of North Atlantic right whale No. 1612, Juno, lies in the surf along the beach of Cumberland Island.

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Whale calf found dead

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, March 7, 2024
The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the season washed up dead on Cumberland Island recently, both a symbolic and very real representation of the struggle to prevent the species from sliding into extinction.

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County to dissolve spaceport authority

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Call the bagpiper and round up the mourners, because the concept of a spaceport in Camden County, at least as it’s known now, is on its way to the grave.
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St. Marys City Council seeks task force for code concerns

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Following a brouhaha with local merchants regarding the placement of neon signs and banners, St. Marys City Council instructed city staff to work on putting together a task force to deal with historic district code enforcement reform.