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Never mind the weather
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Laren Hunsberger
Updated: Oct 21, 2009, 5:00 AM
Published: Oct 21, 2009, 12:50 AM

Despite cool weather and a slight drizzle at times, thousands of area seafood aficionados trooped to Richmond Hill’s J.F. Gregory Park over the weekend to get their hands on some coastal soul food.

The annual Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival, staged Friday, Saturday and Sunday, drew a large crowd, proving inclement weather is no match for the right combination of delectable regional cuisine and musical acts.

Bands played all day Saturday as festival-goers filled up on shrimp, fish, Lowcountry boil, stews and desserts prepared by vendors and local eateries, such as Molly MacPhersons, Love’s Seafood, The Shell House and dozens of others.

The headlining acts, The Lou Gramm Band and John Waite, rocked the park Saturday night as audience members huddled under umbrellas and sang along.

-Read more in the Bryan County News.

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A picture of the Burnt Church Cemetery in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Residents at Tuesday's county commission meeting believe that the potential rezoning for the proposed Parkers' Kitchen location will negatively disrupt the historic gravesite. Photo credit: findagrave.com.
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