Skidaway Island News

School children at the Matenwa Community Learning Center listen to a lesson. A new library built and furnished by Rotary clubs provides the children with access to the Internet.

There is nothing like coastal Georgia's midsummer heat and humidity to dampen the enthusiasm of even the most ardent birdwatcher.

Billie Jo "BJ" Wilson is dying. A fatal, incurable neurological disease has left her unable to move any part of her body other than her feet, head and tongue.

Paul Meyer, past president, right, hands the gavel to the incoming president John Billingsley.

John the Baptist, 222 E. Harris St. The choir will sing Missa Cantata. All are welcome.

Skidaway Island resident Earl Pauley is a self-described collector. Among other items, he is fascinated with stoneware - especially from his native West Virginia - as well as vintage postcards from Tybee Island ...

Hurricane season is here, but are our bridges ready to handle any severe weather that comes our way? It's a question for our local city and county officials.

First, the bad news: There's cellphone coverage on Ossabaw Island. Jarring as that fact is in this otherwise almost completely undeveloped place accessible only by boat, it's an important reminder that this ...

Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites is launching Get Outdoors Georgia a new multi-year initiative to help every Georgian rediscover the great outdoors.

'Today at Skidaway Island State Park Governor Sonny Perdue announced the launch of Get Outdoors Georgia, an initiative of the Department of Natural Resources that encourages Georgians to get outdoors, get fit ...

Before the Bethesda School graduation began in the sanctuary of Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, the grads waited in the church's nursery: Joshua Orr and Phillip Gorham seemed to find some comfort in ...

Savannah Deanery Latin Mass 1 p.m. each Sunday at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist , 222 E. Harris St.

Submit your organization's meeting for immediate publication online at savannahnow.com/do/add_event or e-mail your meeting at least two weeks in advance to calendar@savannahnow.com or fax to 525-0796. Contact ... via SavannahNow

Coastal Empire Multiples - Reunion 7 p.m. May 6, Mercer Auditorium, Memorial Health University , 4700 Waters Ave. via SavannahNow

Reel Savannah Film Group: "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days," , 7 p.m. May 4, Victory Square Stadium 9, Victory Square. via SavannahNow

More than 200 current and former members and visitors attended a dinner on the grounds for Skidaway Island Baptist Church's Tenth Anniversary Service and Homecoming Celebration. via SavannahNow

“We have just totally minimized (field trips), and I guess you might say we haven't had any field trips this year”

Bus driver Don McCormick and fifth-grade teacher Abby Brink of Barrow Elementary School watch as students get off a bus Wednesday during a field trip to Sandy Creek Nature Center. via Athens Banner-Herald

Cost: $3 for members; $10 for a membership. Presented by the Savannah Coastal Puppetry Guild. via SavannahNow

“I wandered in the wilderness for almost 40 years”

Ginger Masingill has penned and illustrated a children's book entitled "People Can Be Friends, Too!'' Jan Durham has written a novel called "Fastened to the Marsh, A Savannah Saga.'' Ginger Price Masingill and ... via SavannahNow

“We, the undersigned, angered by the cutting of two live oaks on Wilmington Island , wish to inform you that we will do anything within our power to prevent the destruction of any more canopy trees on county rights-of-way anywhere in Chatham County .”

Things have hit the chipper on the eastside islands. The tree chipper, that is. The cutting down of two oak trees alongside Johnny Mercer Boulevard on Wilmington Island that was allowed by Chatham County in ... via SavannahNow