Orlando Montoya

Kurtis Purtee: Keeping it hyperlocal in race for Sixth District

• By Orlando Montoya
When I met Kurtis Purtee, the man hoping to oust Thomas in December’s runoff election for City Council, at a Savannah Mall coffee shop, it was supposed to be his day off
• Tags: Politics, Kurtis Purtee, District 6, Tony Thomas, Antonio Hunter, Southside

Regina Thomas: ‘I intend to win’

Familiar face takes on outsider status in Savannah mayoral race

• By Orlando Montoya
'I don’t have a clique. I don’t have anyone controlling me. I’m not a puppet. I’m not a prisoner to the party I’m in'
• Tags: Politics, Regina Thomas, Eddie DeLoach, Van Johnson, Otis Johnson, Edna Jackson

First City Pride Center: Savannah’s LGBT organizations merge

• By Orlando Montoya
'What we’re doing isn’t enough and by uniting rather than siloing our efforts, we can accomplish more'
• Tags: City Notebook, Savannah LGBT Center, Savannah Pride, First City Network, Jeffrey's Place, First City Pride Center

Okefenokee in peril

Mining proposal threatens vital natural resource

• By Orlando Montoya

Beverly Willett’s ‘midlife resurrection’

• By Orlando Montoya
It’s the story that life gave her, one she pitched and pitched and pitched to rejection after rejection
• Tags: Books, Beverly Willett, Disassembly Required, Memoirs, Seersucker Live, Cohen's Retreat, 24e

Zach Powers launches a new book and a new season of Seersucker Live

• By Orlando Montoya
Like all good conspiracy theories, Zach’s idea, the book’s central premise, relies on a kernel of truth, that being the secrecy that surrounded the Soviet space program
• Tags: Books, Zach Powers, First Cosmic Velocity, Seersucker Live

Kesha Gibson-Carter’s moment

Former Rape Crisis Center director announces blockbuster lawsuit, City Council candidacy within one-week period

• By Orlando Montoya
• Tags: Politics, Kesha Gibson-Carter, Rape Crisis Center, City Council

The sounds of the sea

Hydrophones at Gray’s Reef reveal whole new perspective of marine life

• By Orlando Montoya
Yes, they recorded the sounds of a tropical storm underwater. It sounds much like it does on your roof.
• Tags: Environment, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Hydrophones

Orange Crush: Justice is slow but inexorable

• By Orlando Montoya
I'm happy to report that this year's Orange Crush has brought some needed changes that make the City of Tybee Island, at least officially, legally and on paper, less racist.
• Tags: Community, Orange Crush, Tybee Island, Julia Pearce, Mayor Jason Buelterman

Preventing the death spiral: CAT looks to the future

Chatham Area Transit looks for community input on models to keep the system viable

• By Orlando Montoya
• Tags: Community, Chatham Area Transit, CAT bus routes, High coverage, High frequency, Jay Jones, Clinton Edminster

Blarney Stone comes to Savannah for good causes

Kiss it and create more than luck for local charities

• By Orlando Montoya
Smith’s idea was infectiously simple: Buy a piece of the Blarney Stone, bring it to the South’s biggest Irish party and have people kiss it to raise money for various charities
• Tags: Saint Patrick’s Day Issue, St. Patrick's Day, Blarney Stone, Savannah Blarney Stone

Vietnamese New Year celebrates culture and community

• By Orlando Montoya
Nguyen, a Catholic priest, oversees the tét festival organized by his church, that of Saints Peter and Paul in Thunderbolt
• Tags: Community, Savannah Vietnamese Nationalist Association, Vietnamese New Year Festival, Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul