Sunny skies, glassy waters, a gentle offshore breeze — the conditions couldn’t have been more perfect for a Saturday morning on the water.

Anyone who spends much time in downtown Savannah will eventually run into some of the many Girl Scout troops visiting the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, as well as the nearby Andrew Low House where she headquartered the Girl Scouts of America later in life.

1. City Manager debacle gets even worse In hindsight, it didn't have to happen this way. The results probably would have been the same with or without the controversy. That's what makes our number one story of 2011 -- such a big story that it also made our 2010 list -- so maddening and strangely compelling. After the 2010 departures of former City Manager Michael Brown and former Assistant City Manager Chris Morrell, Rochelle Small-Toney ...

AS THE HORDES prepare to flood the malls and big box stores with their credit cards for Black Friday, some smart folks checked off their holiday shopping lists early.

The Department of Homeland Security held a public meeting in Savannah last Tuesday, much to the surprise of almost everyone.

So I was lying in bed with my husband last week, contemplating the state of our union on our 13th anniversary.

It started as an idea, a conversation, a meeting of like minds, and has grown into a nationwide movement the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the Vietnam War and Civil Rights actions of the 1960s.

TIMES ARE tough, and they're tough for The Creative Coast as well. The local nonprofit knowledge-based business incubator has seen its budget cut significantly in recent months.

Back when Ben Maher was a kid, the only public place to skateboard in Savannah was a lame little park way out on the southside.

THE ANCIENT Greek maxim “Know thyself” is often the motivating force that drives people into therapy. Or, say, into the desert with a bagful of peyote buttons.

“I LIVE ON TYBEE now,” Eddie Wilson says, “and my Tybee community knows that they’re going to have to take me out of there in a box.”

Every building trembled and shook like a dog in the rain. Window glass shattered, plaster walls cracked, and bricks rained down. The strongest earthquake ever to strike the east coast of the United States hit Savannah on a Tuesday night 125 years ago: August 31, 1886.

Savannah summers: The traffic races on Victory Drive as the locals head east for a coastal cooldown. But this year, something’s different along the route.

A cancer diagnosis is hard enough without having to worry about who will do the dusting or the dishes. That's why a local maid service has started trying to do what they can to help women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.

After the untimely passing of Spitfire Poetry co–founder Clinton Powell in January, many questions about the future of the organization remained.