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Saltwater Performing Arts’ “Matilda the Musical” cast and crew enjoy their win at the Georgia Theatre Conference and prepare for the next round in Baltimore Md., at the Southeastern Theatre Conference.  

Saltwater Performing Arts’ “Matilda the Musical” cast and crew enjoy their win at the Georgia Theatre Conference and prepare for the next round in Baltimore Md., at the Southeastern Theatre Conference.  

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Saltwater to present one-show-only performance Feb. 9

News Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Saltwater Performing Arts was thrilled and honored to win the Georgia Theatre Conference Community Theatre Festival First Place Award in October. This victory earned them the right to represent Georgia from March 19-23 at the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) in Baltimore, Md.
From left, Capt. Chris Bohner, commanding officer, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay; Capt. Mark Parrella, program manager, Columbia Class SSBN Program (PMS 397); Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast; Rear Adm. Robert E. Wirth, commander, Submarine Group TEN; George Rogers, CEO, RQ Construction; Capt. Michael Paisant, commanding officer, Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay; Lee Hopson, vice president of federal programs for AECOM; and Capt. Jua

From left, Capt. Chris Bohner, commanding officer, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay; Capt. Mark Parrella, program manager, Columbia Class SSBN Program (PMS 397); Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast; Rear Adm. Robert E. Wirth, commander, Submarine Group TEN; George Rogers, CEO, RQ Construction; Capt. Michael Paisant, commanding officer, Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay; Lee Hopson, vice president of federal programs for AECOM; and Capt. Jua

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Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of Trident expansion

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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 13 to mark the start of a critical expansion of the Trident Refit Facility (TRF) at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay.
All sturgeon species, including the Atlantic sturgeon pictured, have prominent bony, diamond-shaped scales, called scutes, along the length of their body. Scutes help protect the sturgeon from predators.

All sturgeon species, including the Atlantic sturgeon pictured, have prominent bony, diamond-shaped scales, called scutes, along the length of their body. Scutes help protect the sturgeon from predators.

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Riverkeeper, partners endeavor to help St. Marys sturgeon

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, January 30, 2025
It’s prehistoric. At a large enough size, it’s not hard to imagine people now or in the past considering the fish a bona fide river monster. However, for such an ancient fish, types of sturgeon are in danger of extinction. “The St.
The Trident Refit Facility covered dry dock is one of the largest covered dry docks in the world.

The Trident Refit Facility covered dry dock is one of the largest covered dry docks in the world.

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Defense bill brings millions to Ga. installations

Wes Wolfe
Friday, January 24, 2025
If there’s one thing you can count on Congress passing, year in and year out, it’s the National Defense Authorization Act.

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Former superior court clerk dies

Scott J. Bryan
Friday, January 24, 2025
Three-term Clerk of Superior Court of Camden County, Susan Waldron, died Monday. She was 82. The current clerk, Joy Lynn Turner, said Waldron first joined Camden County government as a juvenile clerk in 1999. She ran for election in 2003 and served the first of three terms starting in 2004.

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Cities pursue opting out of homestead exemption

Wes Wolfe
Friday, January 24, 2025
House Bill 581, passed by the Georgia General Assembly in its last session, gives municipalities across the state the option of using a floating homestead exemption. St. Marys City Council members decided in a special meeting Tuesday to go through the process of removing the city from those covered.
Johnny L. Evans Jr.

Johnny L. Evans Jr.

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Evans named president of the College of Coastal Georgia

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Friday, January 24, 2025
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) named Johnny L. Evans Jr. president of the College of Coastal Georgia. Evans currently serves as Coastal Georgia’s interim president, a role he took on last June after President Michelle R.

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Carter celebrates NOAA withdraws speed initiative

Wes Wolfe
Friday, January 24, 2025
As the Biden administration closed up shop before the presidential inauguration, it withdrew a number of proposed regulations and policies before the Trump administration could take control of the path of those proposals.
Plans as they stand now for the Wright’s Island development in Kingsland.

Plans as they stand now for the Wright’s Island development in Kingsland.

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Housing influx

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Plans to put 640 residences – primarily single-family homes and a number of townhomes – between Laurel Island Parkway and Bristol Hammock Road in Kingsland came under fire from nearby residents as the Kingsland City Council considered approving the plans this week.
The suspect, Rodney Rauls Rountree, 55, was shot by at least one Camden County Sheriff’s Office deputy after the suspect opened fire on the 1700 block of Kinlaw Road. GBI Special Agent in Charge Stacy Carson said multiple deputies shot at Roundtree, but could not release information on how many of those shots hit the suspect.

The suspect, Rodney Rauls Rountree, 55, was shot by at least one Camden County Sheriff’s Office deputy after the suspect opened fire on the 1700 block of Kinlaw Road. GBI Special Agent in Charge Stacy Carson said multiple deputies shot at Roundtree, but could not release information on how many of those shots hit the suspect.

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GBI: 3 injured in ‘shooting rampage’

Scott J. Bryan
Thursday, January 16, 2025
A Camden County man shot two people and was also injured in a “shooting rampage” on Wednesday, Jan. 9, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.