The only thing worse than receiving an abnormal mammogram result is going through the experience alone. Fortunately, patients at Southeast Georgia Health System have an ally in Nurse Navigator Karen Crosby, R.N., BSN.

The Rev. Nathan Pittman left paradise for a troubled church in Brunswick, and he has the pictures and the former address to prove it. Pittman and his wife Addie moved from Paradise Valley in Livingtson, Mon., a community about 45 minutes from Bozeman. He left nondenominational Mountain Bible…

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Golden Isles potters have been busy bees lately. Not only have they prepared for their annual Empty Bowl charity slated for Nov. 6 and 7, they’ve also rolled out pieces for an upcoming pottery sale hosted by Glynn Visual Arts.

One important lesson of history is this — the difficult times don’t last. It’s a key concept and one that’s often been in the forefront of minds over the past few months.

For the last five years, locals have eagerly awaited the annual Empty Bowl fundraiser, sponsored by Glynn Visual Arts, held each fall. The event allowed patrons to simultaneously celebrate two great community causes — the arts and America’s Second Harvest — while taking care of the less fortunate.

As the rain pounded down on Jekyll Island Saturday morning, headlights lit the drops at Great Dunes Park. After the vehicles parked, the glow from cell phones lit the drivers likely checking their weather radar apps.

As the temperature changes from steamy and sultry in the fall to crisp and bracing, charities in the Golden Isles typically hold festivals and host parties and balls to raise money.

Fourteen years ago, Laura Phillips heard the words that every woman dreads — “you have breast cancer.” While it was a shock, considering her family’s history, a cancer diagnosis was not entirely unexpected.

Israeli innovator and designer Dror Benshetrit once said, “Thinking outside the box means crossing disciplines and pulling in expertise and perspective from outside of the standard boundaries.”

Even in the darkest of times, Father Islaire Faustin is grateful. Over the years, the priest of St. Joseph’s Parish in Cotes-de-Fer, Haiti, has learned to help those he pastors subsist on very little. In the island nation, the basic needs — food, water and shelter — can be fleeting.

Linda Dorsey was understanding of teen sleeping habits when she set the times for Glynn Academy National Honor Society students to volunteer at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s Giving Garden.

For Ella Cart, creativity can’t be kept in a box. And, as a painter, her style can’t be confined to just one medium — she simply has to explore it all.

From seated wine dinners to catered galas, restaurateurs in the Golden Isles have always stepped up to aid area charities. Unfortunately, the emergence of COVID-19 put the kibosh on most of those events this year.

Jeffrey Carter has squared off against pain all of his life. It began in earnest when he had knee issues in high school, which led to the realization that he was suffering from degenerative joint disease.