Darien News Archives

There's going to be a lot to do over the coming weekend. Here's just a few events in the area: On Saturday, July 4, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fort Morris State Historic Site will host its annual Independence Day Colonial Faire.

Donald Lenear, a crew member for the Miley Cyrus movie "The Last Song" being filmed on Tybee Island, was found dead Thursday morning.

The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 24-year-old man from a disabled 17-foot boat in the Darien River, Ga., at approximately 12:15 a.m. Thursday.

WATER APPROACHES COME CAMP GROUNDS AND CAMPERS MAY NEED TO BE RELOCATED. BEAUFORT/LADYS ISLAND - WATER FLOODS PARTS OF THE SEA ISLAND PARKWAY /HIGHWAY 21/ NEAR THE CHOWAN CREEK BRIDGE.

Vaughnette Goode-Walker, who's in charge of the Telfair Museum's Juneteenth celebration this week, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: "There's no such thing as black history or white history," she says.

Darien is home to Fort King George, the southern-most British fort built in North America during the colonial era.

The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation, in cooperation with the McIntosh Art Association, is presenting a photographic exhibit, "Past & Present," through Wednesday, July 15, at the McIntosh Old Jail Art Center, 404 Northway, in downtown Darien.

A Townsend man shot last month by police who said he tried to run down officers during a chase from Glynn County into McIntosh County now faces charges in multiple arrest warrants.