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Ceremonial tree lighter Emi Peel, center, stands with members of the Bland family: from left, David and Arria Bland and Joy and Lex Kenerly.

Ceremonial tree lighter Emi Peel, center, stands with members of the Bland family: from left, David and Arria Bland and Joy and Lex Kenerly.

Remembering Jim Bland

We join with the city of Jesup in remembering the late Jim Bland, a community leader who was remembered last Thursday night at the first Christmas tree lighting since the downtown park was named James R. Bland Jr. Park.
Thanks for the railing Enmarket.

Thanks for the railing Enmarket.

Thanks for the railing, Enmarket!

The recently opened Enmarket in Jesup has installed a railing between the sidewalk and the stormwater management basin that caused safety concerns in the community prior to the store opening.

Why did Auschwitz happen?

The terror at Auschwitz was both systematic and indiscriminate. The Germans murdered 1.1 million people at the extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Most of the victims were Jewish. They were gassed, shot or beaten to death. Thousands of inmates survived, though barely, as slave laborers.