Dear Mr. Battiste, I am so sorry you are leaving. I was and still am convinced you are doing a great job. Your leadership and vast background of knowledge certainly was paying off. Your departure is a negative for Glynn County.

The midterm election resembled nothing so much as an immune system aroused to purge a inflammation and return the body (politic) to its customary balance, which is what it has done. Malicious groups relished the prospect of violence and dysfunction, but we did not accommodate them; we just w…

A disconcerting thing has happened. I have found myself in total agreement with George Will. Tuesday’s column made complete sense, logically, legally (disclaimer: I’m not an attorney, so the grain of salt rule may apply) and morally. Any of your readers who haven’t should read his essay on c…

While your Dec. 6 editorial claims that voter suppression didn’t occur in recent Georgia elections, the only data offered to support that claim is the number and percent of people who voted early in the current runoff election. The truth is that citing the number of people who voted tells us…

Editor’s Note: The following letter is written as a rebuttal to a letter and therefore is not subject to the four-week policy. This will be the only rebuttal allowed.

To the city of Brunswick, local merchants and organizers of the Port City Brunswick project: Thank you so much for what you have done and continue to do.

St. Simons feels like a small town to me. I have always preferred that kind of familiarity: Everyone knows your business and many care. In addition, there are lovely surprises scattered in and out of daily contacts. For example, I recently went to the St. Simons library to pick up a book on …

To prevent the worst impacts of overheating the climate, heat-trapping gases must be cut in half by 2030. To meet that target every state must contribute its fair share of those reductions.