St. Simons Island News

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News Surrounded by teachers carrying backpacks and bug spray, Susan Shipman spent Tuesday afternoon telling them about Cannon's Point on St. Simons Island.

By MARTIN RAND III The Brunswick News Karen Keen Braswell, fine arts graduate from the University of Georgia, has found a way to generate income from her paintings and artistry.

The Jekyll Island Authority wants to make sure private tour operators are knowledgeable about the island's history and plans to do so with an ordinance regulating tours.

Returning to this island, named for the apostle, who was a fisherman, is like going back to homecoming.

When I was growing up on Long Island, N.Y., I went through junior high and high school with a boy named Ray.

By BETHANY LEGGETT The Brunswick News For Bo Mann, owner of Wake Up Coffee at 256 Redfern Village on St. Simons Island, a good cup of joe isn't complete without a touch of art.

Living on St. Simons Island gives B. J. and me a somewhat different attitude to foul weather.

In a few weeks, they will once again converge on St. Simons Island for a time of refreshing, renewal and relaxation.

The Steelaway sails up the MacKay River portion of the Intracoastal Waterway Monday on its way to Darien and this weekend's observance of the 150th anniversary of the city's burning during the Civil War.

A building supplier phoned Pollard Lumber Co. about providing wood for a large government construction project in Georgia, but the deal broke down over a single question about how the family-owned sawmill has committed itself to environmentally friendly practices.The mill in rural Appling holds certification by a national forestry group to verify ... (more)

This undated photo shows a shell on a beach at Little St. Simons Island, Ga. Ten thousand intrusion-free acres of maritime forests and marshlands, seven miles of shell-strewn beaches, this extraordinary natural sanctuary -- among the last of its kind anywhere -- is how Little St. Simons Island welcomes guests to this virtually untouched island.

The 2nd Sunday committee selects a local charity from a list of applicants and dedicates a monthly event to the raising of funds and awareness to benefit that charitable organization.

By BETHANY LEGGETT The Brunswick News Stepping into the sanctuary at Christ Church, Frederica is like taking a step back in time.

A government report blasting the Internal Revenue Service for its spending on seminars, speakers and training videos lists 22 Georgia conferences at high-end hotels in downtown Atlanta and on St. Simons Island off the Georgia coast.

By NIKKI WILEY The Brunswick News The Jekyll Island Fire Department is keeping its eyes open for beach-goers who may wander into harm's way.

By MICHAEL HALL The Brunswick News The Three Rivers Regional Library System is asking a county court to let it stay in Brunswick.

Smith is a former Central High School principal and coach who went on to lead two other Georgia school systems.

A friend in town warned me that women on the Mississippi Gulf Coast never wear blue jeans, but instead dress for informal occasions in something called "coast casual." So I've been ransacking my mind for clothes.

By SARAH LUNDGREN The Brunswick News The Rev. Wright Culpepper, executive director of FaithWorks Ministries, wants your clothes.

The Highlands United Methodist Church member Ben Briscoe, left, and youth minister Kyle Jones collaborated on writing songs for Jones' second album "Made." The CD was released in March.