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CHRIS VIOLA/The Times-Union Joe Washington with the McIntosh County Board of Elections loads one of two voting machines onto the Sapelo Island Ferry on Monday.

Charlie Phillips holds samples of his home grown quahog clams that he cultivates in the mud flats of McIntosh County.

Another fatal ATV accident: How many more children are going to be killed on these dangerous machines? What responsible parent would allow a child to drive something that is capable of going more than 100 miles ...

Plants that repel mosquitoes: There is a lot of information on the Internet about plants you can put in your yard and keep on hand to rub on itchy, mosquito-bitten skin.

Dozens of volunteers showed up to clean off decades of neglect from a coastal treasure.

Mohamed H. Mukhtar holds his own Islamic prayer beads next to an image of artifacts, including a set of beads, from colonial slave plantations.

Thirteen young Savannah men and women are getting ready to start the school year right.

Sherry Hines, right, points out features of the dining room of the Owens-Thomas House to a group of community college teachers touring the museum.

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, about 17 miles off Sapelo Island, Georgia, is home to a variety of strange creatures.

The 2008-2009 Georgia Hunting Seasons and Regulations Guide now is available online from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division .

In an instant, buildings in the McIntosh Industrial Park were reduced to rubble.

A ferryboat that carried passengers to Sapelo Island for 30 years is being sold by the state of Georgia in an online auction.

"We are the voice of business locally"

SPRINGFIELD - Members of the Effingham Chamber's board of directors recently mapped out strategies for the new fiscal year at a retreat at Sapelo Island . via SavannahNow

Morning headlines May 5th, 2008 by Russell McLendon in News THE DEPARTED: Just two days after upsetting the Celtics in Atlanta to force Game 7, the Hawks get eviscerated 99-65 to end their season. via Creative Loafing

Sapelo Island enables visitors to see virtually every facet of a barrier island's natural community, from the diversified wildlife of the forested uplands, to the vast expanses of salt marsh and the complex ... via The Coastal Courier

"To somebody else it might be a nice place to be -- it's more than that to us."

When Wevonneda Minis first came to this marshy barrier island where her ancestors had been rice-cultivating slaves, she learned of the dream her great-great-grandfather, Liberty Handy, had the night before he ... via HeraldTribune.com

Funding challenges, inefficiency, bureaucracy and mismanagement: For Dr. Gena Abraham, who took the reins as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation amid controversy just four months ago, it's ... via Dalton Daily Citizen

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Downtown Hinesville will come alive with music next week with two concerts sponsored by the Hinesville Area Arts Council. via The Coastal Courier

"He didn't strike me as nothing that wasn't normal for Tybee Island."

Law enforcement officers are searching for a man authorities list as one of the most dangerous sex offenders in Chatham County. via WTOC-TV Savannah