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Work will begin Friday, December 1, at 9 p.m. and end on Sunday, December 3, at 8 p.m., weather permitting

The most recent Lunch and Learn at the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern featured Charly Kinship, who shared easy ways consumers can make a difference in our community when it comes to sustainability and recycling.

Trout fishing at one of Georgia's five delayed harvest streams provides exceptional opportunities to land a good catch.

For nearly 35 years, Brooklet has shed light on our community’s favorite season with its annual Christmas tree lighting. This Wednesday, November 29, the Brooklet Community Development Association will bring Christmas joy once again to our picturesque hamlet.

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Debbie Keenan turned to crochet during a dark time in her life, picking up her forgotten skill to provide beautiful blankets and scarves to those experiencing homelessness in our community. The chance to do something good for others brought encouragement and light back into her life -- and joy to others at the same time.

This year marks the 59th time GFB has held its convention on Jekyll Island. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper and motivational speaker Matt Lohr will address convention attendees during the general session.

The Georgia Southern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony present the second concert of the 2023-2024 academic year on November 28 at 7:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center.

In addition to benefits for job seekers, the platform serves as a resource for employers, simplifying job postings, facilitating connections with qualified candidates, and providing crucial labor market insights, helping businesses navigate the state's dynamic employment environment, according to the release.

Americans eat more shrimp than any other seafood— yet for decades, the shrimping communities in Georgia and across the South, from the Atlantic to the Gulf Coast, have faced choppy financial seas as they have lost market share to low-cost, imported shrimp from countries like Ecuador, India, and Indonesia. The National Fisheries Institute said that of the 921,000 tons of shrimp sold in the U.S. market in 2022, only 1,018 tons came from Coastal Georgia.