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Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing, left, presents the Summer Volunteer of the Quarter award to Joanne Wesner.

Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing, left, presents the Summer Volunteer of the Quarter award to Joanne Wesner.

Wesner named top volunteer for summer at local hospital

News Staff
Friday, December 15, 2023
Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently announced Joanne Wesner as the Camden Campus Summer Volunteer of the Quarter. Wesner began volunteering at the hospital in April 2023 and jumped in with both feet.
Camden County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Buck Aldridge, left, deploys a Taser at Leonard Allan Cure during a traffic stop Oct. 16. Aldridge later shot and killed Cure when the two fought during the incident.

Camden County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Buck Aldridge, left, deploys a Taser at Leonard Allan Cure during a traffic stop Oct. 16. Aldridge later shot and killed Cure when the two fought during the incident.

Lawyers demand $16M from sheriff’s office

Scott J. Bryan
Friday, December 8, 2023
Attorneys representing the estate of a man killed during a traffic stop in October said it wants $16 million from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office as compensation for excessive use of force and his death, according to a notice of claim released by two law firms.
The 1870 John Rudulph House will be one of the featured homes in the St. Marys Christmas Tour of Homes on Saturday.

The 1870 John Rudulph House will be one of the featured homes in the St. Marys Christmas Tour of Homes on Saturday.

St. Marys to host Tour of Homes

News Staff
Friday, December 8, 2023
St. Marys Christmas Tour of Homes tickets are on sale at the St. Marys Welcome Center. The tour is 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec.
Coastal Resources Division Director Doug Haymans, Georgia Department of Natural Resources board member Tim Lowe, and former Coastal Resource Division directors Susan Shipman, Duane Harris, and Spud Woodward kick off the inaugural event of the College of Coastal Georgia’s new Environmental Speaker Series.

Coastal Resources Division Director Doug Haymans, Georgia Department of Natural Resources board member Tim Lowe, and former Coastal Resource Division directors Susan Shipman, Duane Harris, and Spud Woodward kick off the inaugural event of the College of Coastal Georgia’s new Environmental Speaker Series.

New speaker series explores Georgia’s coastal environment

News Staff
Friday, December 8, 2023
The College of Coastal Georgia hosted the first program of its new Environmental Speaker Series for students, faculty and staff at the college who are interested in conservation, natural and environmental sciences, and associated policy/governance.
Typorsha Shaquan Maxwell

Typorsha Shaquan Maxwell

Kingsland woman faces $94,200 bond, nine felony charges

Scott J. Bryan
Thursday, November 30, 2023
A 29-year-old Kingsland woman was remains behind bars nearly one week after being arrested on a host of charges by the St. Marys Police Department. Typorsha Shaquan Maxwell was booked into the Camden County Jail at 11 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Goodman: ‘I’d like to offer an apology’

Scott J. Bryan
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Camden County District 4 Commissioner Jim Goodman apologized Nov. 21 to a fellow commissioner, Lannie Brant, and those who attended a previous county commission meeting after a verbal altercation. In the commissioners’ Nov.

ARTrageous Bras raises more than $19K

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation concluded its annual ARTrageous Bras fundraiser Friday, Nov. 3, at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Brunswick. This year’s event, which included 46 bra entries, raised $19,450 for the health system’s cancer care programs and Mammograms in Motion.