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November 18, 2024
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Vol 52 Issue 47
Glynn County Police Dept. Citizens Academy Graduates
Last week 31 local residents graduated from GCPD’s first Citizen Police Academy at the Glynn County Public Safety Complex.
Photo Provided by GCPD
First GCPD citizens academy graduates 31
• County hosts monthly media roundtable
County moves
forward on
major projects
By Matthew J. Permar
The Glynn County Com
mission Board of Commission
ers (BOC) approved several
actions during their Novem
ber 7 meeting moving forward
with several major construc
tion projects.
The first was the College
Park drainage project they
are undertaking jointly with
the City of Brunswick.
While the College Park
neighborhood is in the city
limits, much of the area served
by the drainage system is in
the county, so the two govern
ments are sharing the cost.
According to the Intergov
ernmental Agreement ap
proved by the city and county,
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County projects
Mainland okays
271 acre Myers
Hill project
By Matthew J. Permar
Last week (Tuesday, Nov.
12) Glynn County’s Mainland
Planning Commission (MPC)
approved a rezoning develop
ment plan for a 271 acre tract
at 850 Myers Hill Road in the
southwest part of Glynn.
The MPC first heard the
application at their October
meeting, but due to outspo
ken opposition from area
residents, the owners, Laura
Ebbert and Anna Wheeler,
had their agent, Jake Lem
mings of Roberts Civil En
gineering, ask the planners
for a deferral so the could re
think the project.
When they came back last
week they had made some
modifications to the project.
The 271 acre tract is two
parcels, ‘A’ is approximately
189 acres, and zoned Planned
Development (PD) District.
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Myers Hill
The Glynn County Police
Department (GCPD) complet
ed its first ever Citizens Acad
emy and held graduation for
31 participants last week.
The six week course provid
ed an inside look at how the
police department works.
After a GCPD overview
participants learned about
Uniformed Patrol & Traf
fic Operations; Criminal In
vestigations & Crime Scene
Operations; SWAT and K9
Operations which included a
demonstration; Use of Force,
Records, Hiring & Recruiting,
Training, Office of Profession
al Standards.
Graduates include: Jerry
Allen; Donald Anderson; Mar-
cie Bindes; Reid Bird; Valerie
Bird; Billy Birdwell; Alex
andra Boone; Brad Brown;
Charles Caira; Glenn Carson;
Carter Clark; P. H. Eastman;
Cynthia Gagliano; Michael
By Pamela Permar-Shierling
Hall; Donna Howard; Terry
Hughes; Laura Khurana; John
Newsome; Jeffrey Osborne;
JoAnn Osborne; Cheri Pap
pas; Steve Pappas; Daren Pi-
etsch; Kevin Rassas; Yolanda
Richardson; Jeffrey Roberts;
Scott Steilen; Kathy Towles;
Myron Waldman; Paul Wick-
ard; and Bill Yawn.
Further academies are
planned for 2025.
GCPD is also planning its
‘Santa and the Grinch’ tour
starting Dec. 3. The three
week tour will travel to neigh
borhoods throughout Glynn
County with Santa riding the
fire truck and the Grinch fol
lowing in a police car.
Neighborhood children can
meet Santa and the Grinch
along with police and fire
personnel.
At the county’s media
roundtable last week (Nov.
13) EMS Specialist Kelsiee
Brazeale discussed their new
community training program
coming during the first quar
ter of 2025. Six training ses
sions are planned and will be
offered in the morning, eve
ning and on weekends.
Training will include CPR,
stop bleed, and civilian re
sponse to an active shooter.
The class is an extension of the
CERT training that the coun
ty already provides. Another
CERT class is also scheduled
for the first quarter of 2025.
Jason Hagen, Director of
Program Management for
Glynn County, provided an
update on several of the 29 on
going capital or non-SPLOST
projects.
• Blythe Island Regional
Park restroom and bath house
project is on track. This fund
ing is coming from the project
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Citizens Academy
Dr. Scott Spence
to retire
After 35 years of service
Glynn County School Super
intendent Dr. Scott Spence
announced he will not seek a
contract extension. Dr. Spence
will serve in an advisory role
once a new superintendent is
selected and the transition is
complete. Dr. Spence will of
ficially retire after the transi
tion is complete.
Surfin’
the
News
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 2 - BOC looking to fill boards, committees
~ 2025 Bridge Run registration open
Page 6 - 91 and still in the Navy
Page 8 - Magnolia Garden Club Tour of Homes
Page 9 - Health Matters - Dr. Diane Bowen
Page 10— County to hold GIS Day
~ Pew News
Page 12 - Back Talk
