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By Pamela Permar-Shierling The St. Simons Marina at Gascoigne Bluff is a whisper of our past. It is the last little bit of old St. Simons. It is also the only public marina on St. Simons with a hoist and only one of two St. Simons locations where the public can launch a boat. Hurricanes…

Manning Aviation, the FBO operator at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, has just finished a new 8,100 sq. ft. hangar which will hold eight planes. Partner David Manning said the company is planning more hangars including new T-hangars. The company also plans to add a 20,000 gallon fuel tank which will give them 90,000 gallons of…

Photos courtesy Glynn County Parks and Recreation Department

Construction is finished on the 967 foot elevated boardwalk linking the end of Driftwood Drive on St. Simons Island to the beach and is officially open to the public. The new boardwalk replaced the previous public access structure which no longer reached the beach. The updated design provides a safer and more accessible route for…

The Brunswick Police Department has expanded its public safety technology network through the deployment of the Fusus by Axon camera system at strategic public locations throughout the City of Brunswick. The department secured an approximately $1 million grant through the State of Georgia Office of Planning and Budget’s Public Safety and Community Violence Reduction Grant Program to…

By Pamela Permar-Shierling Georgia ranked 12th best in the nation for overall cost of living according to a recent ranking by the Missouri Economic Research & Information Center (MERIC). States are assigned an overall cost of living (COL) index score based on costs calculated across six categories – groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, health, and miscellaneous.…

By Pamela Permar-Shierling The job of Brunswick’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is to create incentives for downtown investment, encourage historic preservation, support Brunswick’s small businesses, and activate Brunswick with events. DDA was activated in 1981; Brunswick was named a Main Street City in 1986; and named an Exceptional Main Street City in 2023. The Exceptional…

By Pamela Permar-Shierling The City of Brunswick continues to address its storm drainage problems this time in two different areas: the Second Street area and the Fifth Avenue area. On Wednesday, July 15 the Brunswick City Commission approved a $33,000 agreement with Coleman Company for engineering services and modeling efforts to determine the proposed repair…

By Pamela Permar-Shierling I was watching Fox News this morning and heard a brief discussion about the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) platform. To me their platform is ludicrous and frightening. The platform is called “Workers Deserve More” and aims to shift power into the hands of the working class and away from corporations. The…