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County Administrator Shawn M. Boatright, Commissioner Lannie Brant, Chairman Ben Casey, Grants Manager Julie Haigler, and Commissioners Trevor Readdick, Martin Turner and Jim Goodman show off the grant received to fund an internship program with the county government.

County Administrator Shawn M. Boatright, Commissioner Lannie Brant, Chairman Ben Casey, Grants Manager Julie Haigler, and Commissioners Trevor Readdick, Martin Turner and Jim Goodman show off the grant received to fund an internship program with the county government.

County receives grants for interns

News Staff
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Camden County Board of Commissioners was selected as a recipient of grant funding from the Georgia County Internship Program (GCIP), facilitated by the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) and the ACCG Civic Affairs Foundation.
St. Marys Little Theatre will host a two-week run of “An Evening with the Stars” starting Friday, March 8.

St. Marys Little Theatre will host a two-week run of “An Evening with the Stars” starting Friday, March 8.

‘An Evening with the Stars’ set for March 8-17

News Staff
Thursday, February 29, 2024
St. Marys Little Theatre will open its fifth production of “An Evening with the Stars” on March 8 with a performance that begins a two-weekend run at Theatre by the Trax in St. Marys.
Georgia State Capitol

Georgia State Capitol

Proposed changes to film tax credits worry local company

Wes Wolfe
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The future of Georgia film and TV tax credits remained undecided as the state legislature was mere hours from the crossover deadline Wednesday as the Tribune & Georgian went to print. HB 1180, which passed the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb.

Residents, county GOP spar over qualifying

Scott J. Bryan
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Infighting in the Camden County Republican Party reached the Camden County Board of Elections and Registration meeting Thursday, as one potential candidate wrote to the Camden County Superintendent of Elections and asked it to handle qualifying for this year’s primary election.
The 50-foot sailboat Guanahani Honey, donated by St. Marys Boat Services, is sunk in 49 feet of water at the CDH Reef, 16 miles east of Cumberland Island.

The 50-foot sailboat Guanahani Honey, donated by St. Marys Boat Services, is sunk in 49 feet of water at the CDH Reef, 16 miles east of Cumberland Island.

DNR sinks sailboat for artificial reef

Wes Wolfe
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
A metal-hulled sailboat courtesy of a St. Marys business went below the waves off Cumberland Island recently as the Georgia Department of Natural Resources makes additions to a decades-long artificial reef project. St.
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, leads a congressional subcommittee looking into the Biden administration’s new airborne particulate matter standards.

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, leads a congressional subcommittee looking into the Biden administration’s new airborne particulate matter standards.

Carter targets stricter clean air rules in hearing

Wes Wolfe
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Coming after one of the least environmentally friendly presidential administrations in generations, regulators within the Biden administration went to work on creating and proposing tougher standards on a number of fronts, including airborne particulate matter. Known as PM 2.
Camden County 4-H’ers, from left, Emma Kolb, Gavin Greene, Oliver Guynes, Xavien Gray, Madison McDonald and Megan McDonald recently competed in the District Project Achievement competition.

Camden County 4-H’ers, from left, Emma Kolb, Gavin Greene, Oliver Guynes, Xavien Gray, Madison McDonald and Megan McDonald recently competed in the District Project Achievement competition.

4-H’ers compete in District Project Achievement

News Staff
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Camden County 4-H’ers competed Feb. 9-11 in the District Project Achievement competition at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton. All of the competitors placed in their project area, and three first-place seniors will attend the Southeast District 4-H competition in Atlanta.
The carcass of the calf of Pilgrim, right whale No. 4340, undergoing a necropsy on Tybee Island. Biologists discovered evidence of blunt-force trauma and skull fractures indicative of a vessel strike.

The carcass of the calf of Pilgrim, right whale No. 4340, undergoing a necropsy on Tybee Island. Biologists discovered evidence of blunt-force trauma and skull fractures indicative of a vessel strike.

Right whale deaths linked to vessel strikes, rope entanglements

Wes Wolfe
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
When the subject is a beloved species on the path toward extinction, the annual week celebrating them and others can end up with news that is the cause of something less than jubilation.