St. Simons Island News

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News Wearing colorful traditional garb, second grader Sydney Carroll was a miniature expert on the African country of Angola on Thursday.

An 18-year-old Glynn Academy student died early Wednesday morning after attending a senior party on St.

St. Simons Island, GA -- A fiscal year 2014 budget of $92,989,251 and several facility-related projects were approved Thursday highlighting the quarterly meeting of the University of Georgia Athletic Association Board of Directors.

By MICHAEL HALL The Brunswick News Olaf Olsen was just a teenager in 1942 when he was called to pilot a boat carrying the captains of the Esso Baton Rouge and the Texas tanker Oklahoma.

A Glynn Academy senior due to graduate Wednesday night died that morning at a "senior house" on St.

SeaPak frozen seafood, the No. 1 brand of specialty shrimp in the U.S., needed to strengthen and modernize brand identity across its entire portfolio.

By NIKKI WILEY The Brunswick News Glynn County is ramping up its annual war with mosquitoes, and officials want to make sure they have enough weapons and materials in their war chest.

May 13--With the travel industry predicting a greater number of Americans will take vacations this summer, it stands to reason that communities like Brunswick and the Golden Isles -- a tourist destination -- will benefit.

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News A greater emphasis on jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, environmental education and mathematics, or STE3M areas, has forced curriculum changes across the United States.

Last season they made it to the finals and were defeated but this year the First Presbyterian Christian Academy girls would not be denied the state title.

By BRITTANY TATE The Brunswick News The Literary Guild of St. Simons Island is holding its annual two-day book sale from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the St.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.-- Anne Reed loves her view of St. Simons Beach. She bought her condominium 10 years ago because of the gorgeous sunsets and access to the coast.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- The legend of Ron Burgandy came, saw and conquered St.

The rain did not dampen the spirits of those attending the State Botanical Garden of Georgia's 29th annual Gardens of the World Ball Saturday as men entered the conservatory dressed in tuxedos with women on their arms dressed in jazz-style flapper dresses and feather headpieces.

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News A little wet weather didn't dampen the spirits at Frederica Academy on St.

It is a slow news week in ATLwood, so here's a tiny tidbit from Yours Truly: E!'s "The Soup" has been filming at Turner while host Joel McHale is in town shooting A Friggin' Christmas Miracle with Robin Williams and Lauren Graham .

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - Rain halted some filming of "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" on a pier off the Georgia coast, prompting the crew to ask county officials for more time.

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News Standing in front of a classroom full of eighth-graders, state Rep.

A 21-year-old St. Simons Island man accidentally shot himself in the face while sitting in a car parked outside a fast-food restaurant Monday afternoon, according to the Brunswick Police Department.

The Golden Isles has $2.76 million in hand, putting the community close to reaching the record $2.8 million collected by this same time in 2008.