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Andy Diffenderfer
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merica’s Best Restaurants (ABR), a national media and marketing company spotlighting independently owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to Captain Stan’s Smokehouse in Woodbine on March 4.
“I think we’re going to get quite busy from it,” owner Stan Mieloch said last Thursday.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
City of Kingsland opts out of statewide homestead exemption
Wes Wolfe
The Kingsland City Council unanimously agreed to opt-out of the state homestead exemption this week, but as the General Assembly continues to debate and shape HB 92, the clean-up bill could provide counties, municipalities and school districts more time and options as to what they would like to do...
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kandiss Taylor declares bid for First Congressional District seat
Scott J. Bryan
The 2026 election cycle officially began Tuesday when Republican Kandiss Taylor announced she was running for the First Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Camden County Sheriff’s Office’s Buck Aldridge, left, points his Taser at Leonard Cure during a traffic stop Oct. 16, 2023.
No charges for Camden County Sheriff's Office deputy in 2023 shooting of exonerated man
Wes Wolfe
The Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney will not bring charges against a Camden County deputy who shot and killed a man during a scuffle on the side of I-95 during a traffic stop in late 2023.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Camden Middle School sixth-grade assistant principal Leatha Massey recently shared with Mamie Lou Gross Elementary fifth-graders her experience meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a student at Morris Brown College in Atlanta.
Mamie Lou Gross Elementary students learn about history
News Staff
Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School fifth-graders learned about life in the 1960s on Feb. 20.
One of Georgia’ fifth-grade social studies standards involves being able to describe the importance of key people, events and developments between 1950-75.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Kendall Lee, Alyssa O’Hara, Eva Finn and Tinsley Griffis participate in a dance routine during the Inferno dance competition in Charleston, S.C.
Lisa Allen Dance Studio collects awards at competition
News Staff
The Lisa Allen’s Dance Works Dazzlers competitive dance team kicked off its competition season at the Inferno dance competition in Charleston, S.C.
The Dazzlers gained high praises from the judges, walking away with a plethora of outstanding awards.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Commissioners vote to opt out of state homestead exemption
Wes Wolfe
The last two hearings for Camden County on opting out of the statewide homestead exemption came and went without public comment, following which, commissioners voted unanimously to opt-out.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Frequent county critic named to planning board
Wes Wolfe
Camden County resident Ricky Manning has a lengthy and contentious relationship with the Camden County Board of Commissioners, primarily concerning the sound of gunshots from Two Rivers Gun Range. That controversy has led to a number of pointed comments and lawsuit threats.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
DA suggests budget swap with county
Wes Wolfe
Issues surrounding budgeting in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office came to the fore again this week as District Attorney Keith Higgins proposed a budget swap to Camden County commissioners, while warning them he’s making the same pitch to other county governments in the...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
New program at Southeast Georgia Health System receives accreditation
News Staff
Southeast Georgia Health System has received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its new Graduate Medical Education (GME) Internal Medicine Residency Program, set to launch in July 2025.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025