Camden County, GA

Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently presented $1,000 scholarship awards to three graduating high school seniors who served as volunteers for the Health System and plan to pursue degrees in the health care field. The Brunswick Campus Volunteer Services scholarship recipients are Jocelyne Galdemez and Kailah Partridge. The Camden...

JOSSELYN – Vikki Lee Josselyn died peacefully in the presence of family June 15 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer. Vikki was born Oct. 27 1954, to Leonard and Ann Bendall, growing up with her sister, Dana, and brother, Lenny. She graduated from First Colonial High School in 1972. After earning her degree in behavior modification, she worked at the Center for Effective Learning in Virginia Beach teaching sign language to developmentally challenged children and adults. For years, Vikki volunteered her days and evenings providing respite care for the same population, providing much-needed relief to their parents and caregivers.

The Durango Georgia Paper Co. site in St. Marys is under new ownership after nearly two decades of sitting vacant. But the $9 million sale to bankruptcy court doesn’t mean former employees are going to see any type of meaningful compensation or money owed them. The owners from Mexico...

CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. – Positively JAX isn’t just about Jacksonville. It’s about all the local communities that News4JAX has the privilege to cover. That’s why we want to help share the word about a fun initiative that highlights the beauty of Camden County. Camden County citizens...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Multiple law enforcement agencies combined recently to seize more than 230 pounds of illegal marijuana during two separate traffic stops in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. The seizures were part of an effort by the Florida Highway Patrol, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA....

Camden County Sheriff’s Office deputies stopped a vehicle full of alleged con artists last week, possibly busting up a flimflam racket responsible for scamming Winn Dixie stores from St. Simons Island to Kingsland out thousands of dollars, according to law enforcement officials. In addition to arresting the five men,...

Camden County Administrator Steve Howard is looking for a new job. Howard, Camden’s top appointed official since 2007, was a finalist for the Seminole County manager’s job last week and is one of six finalists for the Collier County position. Howard, in a phone interview Wednesday, said he...

Camden County citizens are encouraged to enter the 2022 Showcase Camden County Photo Contest. The deadline for the 2022 contest is Friday, September 9, 2022. Photographers are asked to submit their best photos of Camden County, Georgia and its sunrises, sunsets, wildlife, as well as historic and scenic locations. The...

Southeast Georgia Health System is hosting two upcoming blood drives; one to be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 and another on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, both from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The drives will be held in the Oneblood mobile unit at the Health System’s Camden Campus located at 2000...

BUDENSKI – Bevelyn Kay Budenski, 78, of St. Marys, Ga., gently passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022, at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta under the care of hospice. She was surrounded by loved ones as she entered the Lord’s house. Bevelyn was born March 9, 1944, in Logan,...

GAGLIARDI – DiAnne G. Gagliardi of St. Marys, Ga., died unexpectedly at the Southeast Georgia Health System hospital May 25, 2022. She had been a Camden County resident for 18 years. Upon high school graduation in New York state, she attended beautician school in Rochester, N.Y., and then worked...

Local residents are encouraged to review the new Camden County Resiliency Implementation Workplan (RIW). The plan prioritizes nature-based solutions by identifying and developing opportunities for infrastructure projects to mitigate flooding, storm surge, sea-level rise risks, and other threats to local infrastructure and facilities. Created with the goal to increase community...

The Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Maternity Care Center now offers a placenta donation program. In addition to welcoming their bundles of joy, mothers who deliver their baby via cesarean section can improve the lives of up to 50 people suffering from various wounds, injuries and eye conditions when donating their placenta.

Logic & Accuracy (L&A) testing on the voting machines being used for the June 21, 2022 Camden County General Primary Runoff Election will begin at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, June 9, 2022, and will continue until all machines have been tested. Representatives of political parties and bodies, news media, and the public are permitted to observe testing.

Kevin Barkley, Camden County Senior Director of Solid Waste, has been elected to serve as President of the Solid Waste Association of North America-Georgia (SWANA-Georgia) Chapter. “We are proud of Kevin’s leadership with Camden County Solid Waste,” said Deputy County Administrator Shawn Boatright. “His term as president is an outstanding...

The Camden County Board of Elections & Registration (BoER) announces Advance In-Person Voting opportunities for the June 21, 2022, General Primary Runoff Election. 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Camden County Annex Building Community Room, 107 N. Gross Road, Kingsland. **Advance Voting is for all registered Camden County voters, regardless of...