Michael Hall, The Brunswick News Journalist Profile

Articles

Selling locally caught shrimp is good for business

2 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Taylor Cooper |Michael Hall
Sea turtle nesting season starts slow, but there is plenty of time

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

Sea turtle nesting season in Coastal Georgia isn't what it used to be, and that's a good thing. Georgia Department of Natural Resources biologist Mark Dodd can remember a little more than 20 years ago when an entire spring and summer only produced around 380-or-so nests.
CrimeScene, 6.7.25

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall
Businesses feel impacts of hurricanes and must adapt

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

When Hurricane Helene brought tropical storm conditions to the Golden Isles and knocked out power to most of Glynn County in late September 2024, Tipsy McSway's Neighborhood Grill and Bar in downtown Brunswick had the good fortune to be one of the few businesses with the lights still on. That meant owner Susan Bates and her crew were able to offer air conditioning, fresh meals and a little distraction from the damage Helene had wrought.
Animal services full, seeking fosters, adopters

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

The dog lived to be 18 years old and recently passed, so Dixon was back at the county-run shelter seeing what adoptable dogs might be available.
Programs to offer insights into Superfund sites

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

If local people missed a recent meeting with Environmental Protection Agency representatives about the four local active Superfund sites, the Glynn Environmental Coalition is offering two opportunities to learn about how cleanup efforts are going. The first is Saturday, June 7, and is a Superfund Field Trip during which staff from the coalition will take people to the sites and tell them about what is being done to clean up legacy pollution and where that cleanup effort stands.
Rain expected to temper impacts of Saharan dust locally

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

By By MICHAEL HALL [email protected] Saharan dust is returning to the Golden Isles, but it may be unnoticeable when it does. A giant plume of dust from Africa's Saharan Desert that has been lifted into the atmosphere and carried across the Atlantic Ocean is blanketing the Caribbean as it makes its way toward South Florida and parts of the Southeastern United States, the National Weather Service said.
Police find missing autistic teen safe in Savannah

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall
Police searching for missing autistic teen

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

By By MICHAEL HALL [email protected] The Glynn County Police are asking for the public's help in locating a missing teenager they say has high-functioning autism. Michael Davis Williams, a 13-year-old Black male, was last seen at the Wawa gas station on New Jesup Highway at around 3:50 a.m. on Tuesday walking northbound and carrying a sling bag and a duffel bag, the police said in a statement.
Brunswick Job Corps Center operations pause under Labor Dept. order

3 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hall

The Brunswick Job Corps Center and the 98 other centers around the nation will cease operating on June 30, the U.S. Labor Department has announced. All contractor-operated centers are to close their doors and pause operations.