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Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Kingsland woman earns Community Service Award

Lola Goettie, general manager at Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham, recently received the Wyndham Hotel & Resorts’ Community Service Award during the 2025 Wyndham Global Conference in Las Vegas.
Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County Board of Commissioners

Camden County commissioners approve $85 million budget

Camden County has a budget to head into the next fiscal year, which came in balanced at more than $85.9 million before, just prior to its passage, commissioners voted to fund several positions at 75% and made other trims that impacted the final number, dropping it by more than $90,000.
Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott received Camden Connection’s Prevention Partner Awards. From left are Camden Connection Managing Principal Steven Sainz, Walker, Camden Connection board member Rachel Baldwin, Walker, Scott and Camden Connection Board President Glenn Gann.

Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott received Camden Connection’s Prevention Partner Awards. From left are Camden Connection Managing Principal Steven Sainz, Walker, Camden Connection board member Rachel Baldwin, Walker, Scott and Camden Connection Board President Glenn Gann.

Camden County announces Prevention Partner Awards

Camden Connection announced the recipients of the 2025 Prevention Partner Award: Camden County High School Guidance Director Keisha Walker and departing CCHS ninth-grade counselor Mandy Murray Scott.
St. Marys City Hall

St. Marys City Hall

St. Marys City Council approves 2025-26 budget

Following a vote two weeks earlier to reject the city’s proposed budget, the St. Marys City Council approved an amended budget this week that will allow the necessary two weeks’ time for city staff to put it into place before the beginning of the next fiscal year in July.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council members think there is still hope for red snapper management under a new administration.

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council members think there is still hope for red snapper management under a new administration.

Opportunities seen for red snapper management

While the Trump administration essentially set the South Atlantic recreational red snapper policy back to the status quo generally unpalatable to both anglers and biologists, and massive personnel and budget cuts threaten to severely hamper the work of NOAA Fisheries, members on the South Atlantic...
Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus Wound Care Center team members, from left, are Donna Geiger, Camille McGowan, Nancy Turner, Jim Hendrix, Jennifer Bailey, Benjamin Bograd, Stephanie Soto-Bowen, Ashley Holland and Angie Hanson.

Southeast Georgia Health System’s Camden Campus Wound Care Center team members, from left, are Donna Geiger, Camille McGowan, Nancy Turner, Jim Hendrix, Jennifer Bailey, Benjamin Bograd, Stephanie Soto-Bowen, Ashley Holland and Angie Hanson.

SGHS Wound Care team earns honors

Physicians, clinicians, and staff at the Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick and Camden Campus Wound Care Centers recently gathered to celebrate a prestigious milestone: both centers were honored with the Robert A. Warriner III, MD, Award.