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New GPA projects will double berth capacity and significantly increase yard, gate, and rail to focus on landside efficiency. The GPA will move from a 7.0 million TEU capacity port to 12 million TEUs in less than a decade. While disruption may be here to stay, CEO Griff Lynch assures members of the region that the Georgia Ports is investing now to ensure the capacity, fluidity and connectivity needed for the future.

Another new restaurant is now OPEN in Statesboro, GA. Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders restaurant in the Publix shopping center is ready to serve, with a mission of providing great tasting, handcrafted chicken tenders while spreading happiness.

The AGAware® Workshops introduce farmers to a variety of financial related topics critical to running an operation. These topics include Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Family Finance & Family Budgeting, Risk Management, Accrual Income, Applying for Financing, Preparing a Business Plan, Technology & Record Keeping, FSA/SBA and Other Programs.

Both the large attendance and the eagerness of the job candidates impressed the event’s employers, who were seeking qualified candidates for 30 job titles, with multiple openings for the positions.

The Company paid a dividend of four additional shares for every share owned by a shareholder. Chairman and CEO Spence Mullis says the goal of the dividend is to promote trading and keep the price per share in line with the company's peers.

Fiscal Year 2024 machinery volumes now total 20,113, an increase of 6,887 units or 34 percent through the first nine months of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2024.

The new development will bring rental homes and an office building to Fair Road at Benson Avenue by local developer Lisa Hodges and her family. The new office will prepare the family business for a third generation of leadership.

The public is invited to a free presentation by Savannah's Stratton Leopold, who is not only the owner of Leopold’s Ice Cream but also a film executive. He will present “A Career in Two Industries: Growing up in ice cream and evolving into film” on Monday, April 22, at the Georgia Southern University Performing Arts Center.

Wing lovers will soon have one more choice for wings in Statesboro. Renovations have begun to bring Wingstop, a national wing restaurant chain (and its famous ranch dressing), to town. Click on the picture to read more.

Synovus financial expert Cal Evans provided a look at the U.S. economy and how Statesboro and Bulloch County compares. In his annual economic forecast, he said the future economically is very bright for Bulloch. Click on the picture to read more and view Evans's presentation.