The dog days of summer might be slowly coming to an end for the local visual arts scene, which is showing the first signs of waking from its summer siesta. […]
Patrick Rodgers
Public hearing aid
There were no doubts that last week’s City Council meeting was going to be contentious. After all, the two matters up for discussion were an increase in the property tax […]
It’s the bomb
A business owner on the eastside called police after he heard a loud explosion in the parking lot of his business. He went outside to see what had happened. A […]
News briefs
The LNG challenge Public Service Commission member H. Doug Everett issued a challenge to Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) and the El Paso Corporation to make Georgia one of the country’s […]
Time for tax reform?
With state revenues plummeting and a stormy forecast predicted for the next several budget years, the newly formed Tax Reform Council convened for the first time at the end of […]
Secrets of the woman in the suit
As the old saying goes, behind every great man is a great woman. And what’s behind every great woman is the subject of the new book by Sarahlyn Argrow, Secrets […]
Budget imbalance
The state of Georgia is only a few weeks into its new fiscal year, but the new budget could already be several hundred million dollars short, according to a report […]
News briefs
Courthouse scare The Savannah Fire and Emergency Services Hazmat team was called to the Chatham County Courthouse last week in response to a suspicious powdery substance. An employee with the […]
‘I’ll plead guilty to drunk in public’
Police were called by an anonymous party reporting that they had been harassed by a man in the area of W. Gwinnett St. and Stiles Ave. Police had been dispatched […]
We are what we eat
It’s been a year since the issue of food access became part of the larger local dialogue about improving community health, following a visit to town by food accessibility consultant […]
Middle school crime spree!
There has been a rash of crimes committed by 12 year olds in the past few weeks. In the first incident, a pizza delivery person called police after being held […]
