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Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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Habitat for Humanity dedicates its 141st home and pledges six more in 2018
WHEN Lajuana Hendrix first laid eyes on the house on West 40th Street last year, it was just an empty shell. The two-story, three-bedroom cottage in the historic Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood […]
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‘Lines & Strikes’ raises funds for and awareness of majestic and endangered Right Whales
The species migrates annually along the Eastern seaboard, and mothers often calve along the Georgia Coast, where they are continually at risk.
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Get your head in the game
IT’S plainly obvious that the techies have taken over the world, and the rest of us have some questions: Where, exactly, does virtual reality exist? What the heck is an […]
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The high points of Savannah’s new weed ordinance proposal
BEFORE anyone blows a gasket or busts a lung, let me tell you what Alderman Van Johnson‘s marijuana proposal does not do: It does not condone pot smoking, pot growing […]
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Dance, art, poetry and learning at the 29th annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival
FEBRUARY is designated Black History Month, though it must be acknowledged that African-American contributions to our country’s culture, infrastructure and institutions far exceed any tidy timeline. However, it does give […]
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Disrupting end-of-life care
Dr. Angelo Volandes wants to talk about death. Not so much about what happens afterwards, but what happens before we get there. The Harvard Medical School physician works to educate […]
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Will Operation Beacon see the light for school volunteers?
Our schools need all the support they can get—and I’m not talking money: In spite of the fact that the U.S. spends more per pupil than almost any other developed country, American students now rank 40th in math in the world.
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Women who save the land
Sandy West turned 105 last week, and though she is no longer able to live on the island, her legacy remains intact. The Ossabaw Island Foundation (TOIF) manages educational programs and scientific research on the island as part of the Executive Order that preserves its use as an example of land conservation.
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How to do justice by the justice keepers?
I met Phillip ‘Philly’ Meyers on the Occupy Savannah picket line way back in 2011, and from then on, every time I went out to cover anything smacking of progress and socioeconomic justice, he was there.
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Short-term vacation rentals, long-term headache?
The amended ordinance delineated specific zones where registered owners of STVRs are allowed to operate and implements a cap on STVRs within city wards
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Forsyth Farmers Market’s new face
The Forsyth Farmers Market has been Savannah’s weekly destination for leafy greens, foodie communion and sustainability education for almost nine years