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THE ^ISLANDER Published by Permar Publications www.theislanderonline.com ssislander@bellsouth.net November 4,2019 Established in 1972 Vol 47 Issue 44 PorchFest returns to Brunswick A little rain didn’t slow down music lovers as the Golden Isles Strummers performed at the Young residence on Egmont Street during last year’s inaugural PorchFest. Photo provided 2nd Annual PorchFest to feature 50 bands Vets Memorial lighting to cost $89,700 By Matthew J. Permar The Glynn County Board of Commissioner’s (BOC) Fi nance Committee met last week (Tuesday, Oct. 29) and unanimously agreed to recom mend to the full BOC that 23 light poles be installed at the new Veteran’s Memorial Park on Newcastle St. The park is currently under construction. The $89,700 cost of the light poles will come from money that was saved from the origi nal construction contract. According to Public Works Director Dave Austin, the BOC awarded the contract for the Veteran’s Memorial to Altamaha Building Systems, Inc. of Surrency, Georgia for $1,942,507 on July 18 of this year. Part of the park funding, Turn to Page 5 Veteran's Memorial Garbage to go up for county; but not for most customers By Matthew J. Permar When they renew their contract for solid waste col lection services with Repub lic Services of Georgia (RSG) this month, the Glynn Coun ty Board of Commissioners (BOC) will be paying slightly more for the service. The BOC originally award ed the one year contract to RSG in June, 2018. It included five, one-year renewal options. The contract is based on the calender year, not the county’s July to June fiscal year, so the second option year was award ed to RSG in January of 2019. During last week’s BOC Finance Committee meeting staff recommended awarding Turn to Page 4 Finance committee It starts at the Brunswick Manor on Egmont Street at noon, Sunday, November 10, with the soulful, sultry vo cals of singer Annie Akins on the Manor’s porch, and the Second Annual PorchFest is underway. PorchFest 2019 features 50 bands including groups from Waycross and Jacksonville; some solo; some blues, jazz, Americana, Rock and Roll, even an Elvis tribute artist. There really will be music for every taste. PorchFest happens in Brunswick’s south end in the Historic District on the porch es of the City’s homes. After Ms. Akins perfor mance at the Manor from noon until 1 p.m., the rest of the bands and performers will be spread throughout the area and 13 or so different bands will perform each hour By Pamela Permar-Shierling until 5 p.m. The finale is scheduled back at the Manor from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. with the closing headliner Pine Box Dwell ers, a country-roots rock band from Waycross. PorchFest includes the area from Gloucester St. south to Second Ave. and Newcastle St. on the west to Albany St. on the east side. For maps, event loca tions and bands go to: https://hbrunswicknpa.org/ porch-fest/. A list of times and perform ers and their locations is also included on the website. PorchFest is a walking / biking event. Organizers suggest parking near Glynn Academy and taking the (new this year) trolley down Union Street to Halifax Square and The Brunswick Manor. Bikes, little red wagons, lawn chairs, blankets, and coolers are encouraged. If it looks like rain, bring your raincoat or umbrella. The fun goes on rain or shine. There will be a variety of food trucks in Halifax Square across from The Brunswick Manor. Enjoy lunch, dinner, or both. Portapotties will be located in Halifax Square, Wright Square, Satilla Square, and there are bathrooms available at First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Union and George Streets. PorchFest is a free event run by all-volunteer person nel and sponsored by local businesses and individuals. You can help support this festival by purchasing some of the available PorchFest swag such as T-shirts and cozies. City looks at future plans: homeless, housing, moving the port By Pamela Permar- Shierling Brunswick’s homeless pop ulation was one of the topics discussed at length during the City Commission’s Planning meeting last week (October 30) along with revitalization of downtown Brunswick, mov ing the Port away from down town, affordable housing, blight, connecting Bay Street with downtown Brunswick, and attracting residents to downtown. City staff and commission ers met to discuss their vi sion and goals which will be included in the Glynn County Partners shared vision. Part ners include Glynn County, the Brunswick-Golden Isles Turn to Page 5 City plans T Street landfill closing halted By Pamela Permar- Shierling Lone Wolf Resources, the contractor and successful bid der on the T Street Landfill closure, has been ordered to demobilize, stop the land fill closure procedure, but to maintain erosion control mea sures as well as monitor the site until the Dept, of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division (CRD) approves the jurisdictional determination. Between the time the Geor gia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Land Protec tion Branch approved the landfill closure design and Lone Wolf Resources mobi lized on the landfill site, con struction plans were submit ted to the local Georgia EPD office for erosion and sedimen tation compliance review. Turn to Page 12 T St. landfill County-Wide News - Read County-Wide Page 2 - B-17 to visit McKinnon Page 6 - Causeway resurfacing starts Nov. 4 Page 8 - Tall ship coming to Brunswick Page 11 - Football with Dave Jordan Page 13 - CRD announces grant availability Page 14 - Pew News Page 15 - Katie Deal coming to Ritz Page 16- Back Talk 0 94922 29970 3
