The Sea Island Company called its shot on language essentially exempting the island from the Shore Protection Act under House Bill 445, and, according to state Department of Natural Resources staff, it’s standard operating procedure.

In school, Rasheera Dopson felt like a black dot on white paper.

Tom had it pretty darn good for a British soldier in the 1730s. A fellow could hardly ask for better duty, stationed as he was on the stronghold of Gibraltar amid balmy Mediterranean breezes, fortified libations and comely damsels.

The bill banning most abortions in Georgia after six weeks passed the state Senate on Friday by a vote of 34-18, and moves on to Gov. Brian Kemp, who led public messaging on the bill, and said he intends to sign it.

Christian Gaddy’s reading had the Head Start preschool students edging as close to his chair as possible, and some were nearly standing just to get a better view of the book he held.

The photo features a woman walking down a trail on the Atlanta Beltline during a bright spring day. She’s surrounded by other walkers and bike riders, and she’s carrying her groceries home.

The Junior Women’s Association of the Golden Isles plans to host its second Character Breakfast on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School.

25 Years

Testimony on the resolution was not put online — requiring coastal residents to make the long trek to be in person for two subcommittee hearings — but when put before a full House committee, a resolution opposing seismic airgun testing and oil and gas drilling passed early Thursday morning.

Tom Hartley joked that he has probably never really looked cool in his life.

At the Golden Isles College and Career Academy, students have a chance to apply the lessons learned in their math, science, social studies and other high school classes into practical, hands-on activities like car repair, video broadcasting and agriculture education.

A pair of thieves broke into some storage units at Storage By the Sea early last month in the Lanier Plaza, absconding with approximately $25,000 in scuba diving equipment and other valuables, according to a Brunswick Police report.

Nothing but work keeps shark fishermen David Smith and Jacob Key away from the St. Simons Island Pier, which is why they pretty much had the place to themselves amid Tuesday’s overcast skies and chilling 21-mph winds.

Kerry Davis’s “Stop the Bleed” training at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School on Monday began with some myth busting.

While most of the sediment churned up in the Jekyll Creek dredging project will literally go down a hole — a naturally occurring one — north of the island, around 5,000 cubic yards of it is to be sprayed across the nearby marsh. Ben Carswell, conservation director for the Jekyll Island Autho…

Today’s veteran: James “Jimmy” Harper, 64