We need a Surgeon General who isn’t some quack in scrubs waving a box of Band-Aids and some fake diet pills.
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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Immigrant students seek reform
Buoyed by support from local business and community leaders, local DACA students have joined the statewide movement to remove limitations on their educational opportunities as the Savannah Undocumented Youth Alliance (SUYA).
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Bugg Blow tells it like it is
We talk a bit about how deeply rooted the dysfunction is and how ‘everyone’ knew former police chief and recent convicted felon Willie Lovett helped along the cycle.
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Composite Contribution: The photos of W.W. Law
WESTLEY WALLACE LAW remains one of Savannah’s most multifarious figures. Born in 1923, the Boy Scout, postal worker and army veteran earned the respect of generations for his leadership in […]
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All hail the porcelain throne
There are so few things that humanity has gotten right thus far, and good municipal sanitation infrastructure is a paragon.
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A year of gratitude
Every Wednesday at 12:12, rain or shine, they gather to offer a few words of thanks.
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History without a license?
“In this country, you shouldn’t have to jump through so many hoops to tell a story.”
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Goodbye to a giant
Worried that the diagnosis of unsalvageable decay was premature, Dr. Felix Maher spearheaded a vocal campaign to save the tree, or at least extend its life.
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Tangled up in a view
Lord knows, our places need saviors. If not for the Historic Savannah Foundation and the efforts of SCAD, our downtown might have been razed long ago for one massive Family Dollar circle of hell.
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Can you afford your kids’ health insurance?
Last July, the National League of Cities awarded Savannah and Mayor Edna Jackson one of eight $250,000 grants to reduce the number of uninsured children in Chatham County by 50 percent.
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Feelin’ Slidelucky? (Well, are ya, punk?)
Everyone will bring something delicious to share, and after we’ve stuffed ourselves silly, we’ll all settle in to look at some slides of cool art, possibly made by the same person who brought the wasabi artichoke dip.
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Teddy Bear TLC @Farmers Market
Made possible by a grant from Healthy Savannah, the twice-a-year clinic debuted last summer in conjunction with the medical school’s monthly community health screenings at the market.