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The Glynn County Board of Education has approved its fiscal year 2025 budget totaling $272 million. The general fund budget is $184 million and will leave the school system with $1.2 million at the end of the year. The board also approved two E-SPLOST budget amendments. One is for the St. Simons Elementary School renovation for $450,000 and one is for the Brunswick High school west parking lot renovations for $176,000.

The Jekyll Island Rotary Club recently hosted Dr. Scott Spence, the superintendent of the Glynn County School System.

IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF GLYNN STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE J.B BRYAN, MINOR ESTATE NO. PRO22543 CITATION FOR TEMPORARY LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP: NOTICE OF PETITION FOR TEMPORARY LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR Date Of Mailing, If Any TO: JASON BRYAN You are hereby notified that Sherril Johnson has filed a Petition seeking to be appointed temporary guardian(s) of the above named Minor. All objections to the Petition to the appointment of a temporary guardian or the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as temporary guardian(s), must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and be filed with this Court no later than fourteen (14 ) days after this notice is mailed, or 10 days after this notice is personally served upon you, or ten days after the second publication of this notice if you are served by publication. All pleadings must be signed before a notary public or Georgia Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact Probate Court personnel at the below address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. NOTE: If a natural guardian files a timely objection to the creation of the temporary guardianship, the Petition will be dismissed. If a natural guardian files an objection to the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as guardian(s), or if a parent who is not a natural guardian files an objection to the Petition, a hearing on the matter shall be scheduled at a later date. If no objection is filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing. WITNESS, the Honorable Debra G. Duncan, Judge By: NICOLE K. SAPP, DEPUTY COURT CLERK II CLERK, PROBATE COURT OF GLYNN COUNTY 701 G STREET BRUNSWICK, GA 31520 912-554-7231.

Glynn County property transfers involving a monetary exchange recorded from June 20 to June 26 by the Glynn County Superior Court Clerk of Courts:

Traffic on Frederica Road will be detoured through the Sea Palms neighborhood overnight on July 8 and July 9 due to a water main replacement project. All through traffic on Frederica will be routed along Colonial Drive and North Windward Drive from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. both nights. Harry Patel, Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission project manager, said the project should only take two nights.

The Glynn County Finance Committee approved the sale of surplus items from the Public Works Department at Thursday’s meeting. Surplus items included a 1987 Caterpillar 910 loader, a 1998 D3C Caterpillar and a 2008 Imperial Equipment trailer, and more.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped two remaining charges against a former Georgia police chief and a top aide two months after the state’s highest court threw out an indictment charging the men with violating their oaths of office. A Superior Court judge granted on Tuesday prosecutors’...

LISTEN: Sea Island Resort LLC is facing a federal lawsuit brought by a former restaurant worker. GPB's Benjamin Payne reports. A Florida woman has filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against a luxury resort company operating on the privately owned Sea Island in Glynn County, alleging that she was fired from a seasonal restaurant job because she was pregnant.

A Georgia police officer has been arrested for driving under the influence earlier this month.

The Glynn County School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a $184 million operating budget for fiscal year 2024-25, which begins July 1. The new budget includes a state-mandated salary increase of $2,500 for all the county’s approximately 1,800 certified teachers. A school district employee health insurance increase will add more than $3 million to the budget.

Students and families at Glynn County schools will not have to worry about paying for breakfast and lunch this coming school year. Thanks to a U.S. Department of Agriculture program the school board approved recently, every child who attends Glynn County public schools will receive free meals, and the school system’s nutrition department is hopeful everyone will participate.