Spread the word. Beware of scammers. They are very much afoot during these troubled times, and they’re roaming through cyberspace like hungry flies in search of unsuspecting victims. Protect yourself, protect your loved ones and protect people you know from these human vultures.

The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike any other emergency situation we have ever experienced in our modern world. It is an extraordinary circumstance that seemingly changes from one day to the next.

Five in Glynn County. One in Camden. Eighteen in all in the eight-county Coastal Health District.

For some, optimism may be in short supply right now. We are in the throes of an unprecedented crisis against an enemy we cannot see. Every piece of information that comes out about the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be worse news than the day before. In fact, some of the nation’s top health prof…

Extraordinary. Historic. Surreal. These, as well as other words packing greater wattage, will often be availed upon to describe how this nation and community dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak. Count on it.

The day that health care professionals warned us was coming finally arrived Thursday as the first confirmed COVID-19 cases for Glynn County were announced. While this is not good news, it isn’t unexpected.

These are trying times for sure. What a mess. What a scary mess.

Our health, the health of loved ones and the health of others is our No. 1 priority. So what’s No. 2?

Offering school children free breakfast and lunch – a generous idea indeed. No one wants to see a child go hungry. No one.

The country looks a lot different today than it did a week ago. Sports arenas and fields across the country sit empty. Theaters and other entertainment venues have gone dark. Roads that used to be bogged down in traffic are barely traveled.

Creating a Police Advisory Panel is a great idea, but only if Glynn County commissioners remain focused on its real purpose when appointing members. To put it in plain terms: no cronies and certainly no political buds.

Not every child is an angel; not every adult has the patience of Job to gingerly deal with all the briars that can sometimes come packaged with children. Consequently, clashes occur, some worse than others.

Government is going bonkers over traffic circles. Roundabouts are popping up on St. Simons Island like summer weeds, and now the Georgia Department of Transportation wants to carve one out of an historic site on U.S. 17.

New ordinances and rules should always be based on absolute necessity.

It is understandable if you are worried about the economy right now. The fear surrounding the novel coronavirus and the real world measures being implemented to stop its spread has put a hurt on the stock markets.

The consequences as a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, spreads around the U.S. are starting to be seen. Some of those are probably closer to home than many in the Isles would like.

A whole new crop of political eyesores is about to begin popping up along trafficked highways and busy intersections in public rights-of-way. Joining springy weeds and uncut grass will be metal and cardboard signs highlighting candidates, parties and causes.

Some food for thought when turning clocks ahead one hour (officially at 2 a.m. Sunday): Daylight Saving Time is a friend or foe depending on whom is asked. To moms or dads trying to convince little tykes it’s bedtime during summer months, when the rays of the still bright shining sun on clou…

Weekends are usually pretty busy in the Golden Isles. There are usually a myriad of events and other activities that peak people’s interest. Our focus this Saturday, though, will be in Macon. That is where the Glynn Academy girls basketball team will look to wrap up an incredible season in t…

Teachers in public schools and parents have complained bitterly for years about the number of written standardized tests students are required to take. It’s just too many, they rightfully moan and groan.

Here it is, only days away from First Friday, and businesses in downtown Brunswick are still unable to offer guests a complimentary glass of wine or beer. Why? Because City Hall has failed to do its job. It has yet to remedy a problem it believes makes the popular freebie unlawful.

We have always been a fan of finding unique solutions to help our community. We saw a perfect example of that over the weekend with the grand reopening of Paulk Park.

There is something about an enemy you can’t see that creates a different kind of fear in people. It has an unsettling way of worming into every part of your life.

Same problem. Same story. Same song and dance.

The disciplines covered in the STEAM acronym — science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics — make up not only the backbone of our educational system, but our world. Each pillar is critical to our present and future as a civilization.

There is no denying that our area has a homeless problem. The truth is the problem goes beyond the Brunswick city limits. It’s an issue cities and towns across the nation are having to face.

Two members of Glynn County’s delegation to the Georgia General Assembly have had a change of heart. They announced Sunday they are putting the fate of the county police department back in the hands of the Glynn County Commission.

Congratulations to Jim Bishop, a recipient of the University System of Georgia Regent’s Hall of Fame Alumni and Distinguished Friends Achievement Award. The University System of Georgia bestowed the prestigious honor upon him and four others during a recent ceremony in Atlanta for their achi…

Either civics teachers lied to us all through school or some government agencies are playing footloose and fancy-free with the ownership of public information. We are the government, not whatever federal agency is struck with a sudden hankering to play cat-and-mouse with data collected and p…