Jekyll Island News

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Jul. 1--Hotels on Jekyll Island are hoping to buoy summer business in a sinking economy by offering a barrage of special offers.

There's no better way to spend a family vacation than a little history lesson mixed in with the recreation.

To that end, Living History Program on Jekyll Island is presenting a free day with Major William Horton, a British Colonial Officer, along with his company of soldiers and indentured servants. The event will be held on July 11, at 2:00 pm at the Horton House on Jekyll Island, Ga.

Gov. Sonny Perdue promised in January that his state stimulus package would create 20,000 construction jobs, but what he didn't say was that most of those won't come on line until well into 2010.

Tourists and Southeast Georgia residents staying close to home for the July 4 holiday weekend will find plenty of old-fashioned fun, food and fireworks at celebrations throughout the region.

6/23/2009 By ANNA FERGUSON The two-day retreat of the board of the Jekyll Island Authority last week in Forsyth gave members something they have little of whenever gathering together to discuss the state park: time.

Bill Giles expertly operated a big commercial lawn mower in front of the rambling antebellum house at Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site.

Published: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 7:54 p.m. A little slice of gardening heaven exists near Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park - where birds, bees, butterflies, and even the occasional rabbit are welcome.

If all the world's a stage, it certainly can be a small one. Just ask Damron Russel Armstrong, guest director of Peach State Summer Theatre's "Once On This Island," which opens this weekend.

Author Sudy Leavy will discuss her book, "Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation," at 11 a.m. June 20 at the state historic site.

Nesting numbers are rising and residents and sea turtle enthusiasts alike are anxious to know which of Georgia's barrier islands will be in the lead this year.

Spotfin Butterflyfish on a ledge in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. NOAAa s Graya s Reef National Marine Sanctuary , headquartered in Savannah, Ga., will host 40 students from across the nation this month during the National Association of Black Scuba Diversa Youth Educational Summit.

Members of the Valdosta Elks Lodge led by Exalted Ruler Kristi Jones and Auxiliary members led by President Deborah Johnson made their presence well-known at the 108th Annual Convention of the Georgia Elks Association at Jekyll Island.

The former director of a Brunswick church day-care center was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday for stealing $100,209 from the center's bank accounts to finance her wedding and family-sized honeymoon cruise among other extravagances.

TERRY DICKSON/The Times-Union Contractors paving the parking lot at the new Jane Macon Middle School, set to open in August in northern Glynn County.

When it comes to nesting shorebirds, man's best friend can be an unwelcome intruder on Georgia's beaches.

The Jekyll Island Authority is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and the 2009 sea turtle nesting season with a series of family-fun activities.

There are some hot summer events in Brunswick, St. Simons, and Jekyll Island - the Golden Isles of Georgia .

A typographical error on a newly signed hotel contract will lower Jekyll Island State Park revenues by $90,000 per year unless it is fixed.

A letter from the attorney general's office released Friday concludes that the deals granted to commercial developers on Jekyll Island don't violate provisions in the state's constitution against freebies.