Interviews with Jack Kingston and Bill Gillespie follow: Jack Kingston has represented Georgia’s First District for 15 years. The biggest concern voters are expressing this election year is the state […]
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Ready to recycle
THE SAVANNAH CITY Council approved the purchase of 48,000 curbside recycling carts at its Oct. 7 meeting. The carts will be used for the city-wide recycling program scheduled to begin […]
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Theater: Sex and the city
The Savannah State University Players by the Sea will open their new season with something old. Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy, written in 411 BC by Aristophanes. It will […]
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Meet the parents
THE SEPT. 25 meeting of the Savannah City Council was quiet and uneventful. Mayor Otis Johnson and Alderman Tony Thomas were both absent to attend conferences, and Mayor Pro Tem […]
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Freedom through a lens
FREDERICK C. BALDWIN’S encounters with the civil rights movement in Savannah were life-changing events. “I had just returned to Savannah,” he said recently. “I had been photographing polar bears. It […]
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Theatre: Biblical Cinderella story
IT’S A story that has fascinated writers, filmmakers and playwrights over the centuries. The story of Esther has it all — intrigue, adventure, heroism, romance and memorable characters. It all […]
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Hot under the collar
A DISCUSSION about a new taxi ordinance turned contentious at the Savannah City Council’s Sept. 11 meeting. Taxi drivers will now be required to wear identifiable uniforms. That is just […]
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Fish tales
LEGENDARY filmmaker Werner Herzog focuses on life-and-death questions about the future of the planet in his documentary Encounters at the End of the World. Herzog filmed scientists at the South […]
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Silver lining
IT’S HAPPENING at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Savannah Technical College is experiencing it, too. So is Savannah State University. As the economy weakens, enrollment is rising. “We’re looking at a […]
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Fat chance
A ONE-YEAR research, educational, and community outreach program is coming to Savannah State University. In partnership with the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, SSU will administer the […]
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Mystery from history
ENGINEERS FOR the Riverwalk extension project expected all along that many submerged wooden piles would have to be removed from the river bottom before construction could begin. What they didn’t […]