It isn’t easy operating a bar in Savannah these days. Three establishments are being asked to show cause why their applications for liquor, beer and wine licenses or their applications […]
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Council discusses stimulus wish list
Savannah City Council members have begun the process of making a list and checking it twice to decide which projects to propose for potential federal stimulus money. In all, $422 […]
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Patio/Porch: a ‘story show’
Playwright Jack Heifner (Vanities) has captured a humorous yet touching glimpse of small-town America in Patio/Porch, two short plays that will be presented by Savannah Community Theatre March 6-8 at […]
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Inside the Geechee soul
PEOPLE WHO believe the Gullah-Geechee culture is dying are wrong.Jim Bacote, who with his wife, Pat, founded the Geechee Kunda, a cultural center and museum in Riceboro, laughs at the […]
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New TV pilot looks at haunted Savannah
LET’S face it. Many of the people who bring money to Savannah have been dead for years — sometimes centuries. The designation of Savannah as America’s Most Haunted city a […]
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The schools they are a-changin’
IT’S RISKY and will undoubtedly create controversy. But the three-year K-12 organization plan presented to the Savannah-Chatham Board of Education last week is a bold move with a focus on […]
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The tweaking of the green
THIS YEAR’S St. Patrick’s Day festival will feature a few changes that city officials say are designed to make the event safer and more fun. On Feb. 12, the Savannah […]
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The city according to Otis
IT WAS obvious that most of the audience in attendance at the Town Hall meeting Feb. 10 were there for the public hearing on St. Patrick’s Day. Mayor Otis Johnson […]
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From fatigued to fantastic
WHEN THE old get-up-and-go has got up and gone, it may be due to something a bit more serious than aging. “Generally, both fatigue and pain often reflect an energy […]
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Blues for an Alabama Sky
TERESA-MICHELLE WALKER loved Blues for an Alabama Sky when she was a student at Georgia Southern University. These days, Walker is the one in charge. She teaches theater at Savannah […]
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Board begins discussing bleak outlook
THE COMING months will be tough for members of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools board. The board began the difficult process of establishing the fiscal year 2010 budget by going […]
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St. Patrick’s party is over… maybe. Sort of
WHILE THE parade and festival themselves are both safe, the liquor-fueled, fall-down-drunk party that surrounds St. Patrick’s Day? Probably doomed. And those wristbands and gates everyone was so proud of? […]