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City, county unprepared for fees
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Brunswick News
Brunswick and Glynn County officials were caught off guard this month when they received an unexpected bill for fire hydrant maintenance from the new, fully merged Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission.
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Authority keeps tabs on downtown growth
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Brunswick News
When Mathew Hill walks past storefronts in downtown Brunswick, he takes notice of any empty buildings, chipped signs and newly installed awnings.
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Joint water board to study rate increase
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Brunswick News
Businesses with fire sprinklers in Brunswick could get a rollback of the higher water rates they are being charged if a study finds that the fees are higher than they should be.
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Proposed Brunswick ordinance change could nullify activist's lawsuit
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Florida Times-Union
If city commissioners change Brunswick's disorderly conduct ordinance next week, they might sidestep a lawsuit filed by a community activist who wants a federal judge to stop police from enforcing the law.
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Georgia inmates' sweat time saves government dollars
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Florida Times-Union
Local governments have cut back programs and even furloughed employees to balance their budgets. But there's one kind of worker still solidly in demand.
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City tries to find funds for 'lost block'
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Brunswick News
Background: Heading south on Newcastle Street from Gloucester, there comes a point where the streetscape charm of downtown Brunswick disappears.
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City OKs restrictions on alcohol
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Brunswick News
After months of hashing out details, the Brunswick City Commission has decided to tighten the rules regulating alcohol.
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Theater gets a facelift
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Brunswick News
Motorists traveling downtown these days can see the renovations taking place, thanks in part to a $30,000 grant from the Fox Theatre Institute of Atlanta. The city is matching the funds and using proceeds from the special purpose local option sales tax, specifically SPLOST 4.
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Brunswick's youth volunteers change the world one piece at a time
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Florida Times-Union
There are a lot of teenagers on a lot of roofs in Brunswick this week.
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Frequent demonstrator challenges Brunswick ordinance
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Florida Times-Union
Self-described "frequent demonstrator and protester" Zack Lyde wants a federal judge to stop city police from enforcing an ordinance against disorderly conduct, which he contends is unconstitutional.
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Brunswick police chief fired for misleading mayor, city manager
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Florida Times-Union
Officials say she misled them on her discipline of an officer.
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Limits on liquor stores sought
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Brunswick News
The mayor of Brunswick is calling on tighter restrictions on new package stores, saying too many in low-income neighborhoods can drag down the community.
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Brunswick plans cuts to trim $1.6 million from budget
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Florida Times-Union
To balance next year's budget, Brunswick plans to lay off 11 employees, reduce sanitation services and make cuts across every department.
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Park plans move ahead
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Brunswick News
For eight years, funding issues and a maze of bureaucratic red tape have snagged development of a public park on the Brunswick River.
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Study says utility rates should rise
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Brunswick News
This likely will be the year the Brunswick and Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission approves a series of significant rate increases spread out over time.
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City has public safety fleet blessed
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Brunswick News
With lights flashing and sirens blaring, Brunswick's public safety fleet turned slowly into Mary Ross Waterfront Park Thursday to be blessed by the chaplains of the Brunswick Police Department.
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Yard debris pickup service slows
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Brunswick News
While there are many benefits to living in an area rich in oaks, there is a downside.
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City to identify tainted properties
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Brunswick News
The city of Brunswick will use a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to determine whether some contaminated properties can be cleaned.
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Mayor to propose slow traffic signal fix
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Brunswick News
The wait to get through an intersection that has drawn the ire of some motorists in Brunswick may be getting shorter soon.
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City still training new bike police
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Brunswick News
Police on bicycles are more apt to be seen in the city than in the county these days. That's because the city still uses them. The county does when it can, but with the down economy and the large area county police must cover, bike patrols are not always feasible.
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City stalls MLK Jr. Boulevard road project
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Brunswick News
With the city of Brunswick and the state both strapped financially, extending Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard south of Gloucester Street to make it a traffic and pedestrian friendly road will have to wait.
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Brunswick Jail Mediation To Continue
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GPB News
Mediation will continue in a heated years long controversy over whether to expand a jail in downtown Brunswick.
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Brunswick gets back to business of demolishing dilapidated homes
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Florida Times-Union
A burned-out home that once stood at 2021 Albany St. is gone. So are about a dozen others that, as of October, were on a list of ramshackle structures the city wanted demolished.
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In Brunswick, it's 'Move the (you fill in the topic)'
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Florida Times-Union
Oh, there's trouble. Right here in the port city.
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City may resort to layoffs
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Brunswick News
The city of Brunswick will likely turn to layoffs to eliminate a projected budget deficit, Mayor Bryan Thompson said Monday.
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