The Pin Point Heritage Museum was vaulted into the national spotlight last week after a New York Times investigative piece (“Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics” by […]
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“I can’t believe you called the police”
A dispute between neighbors attracted the attention of police and resulted in charges against one of the men. When officers arrived on the scene they spoke with a man who […]
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Cruising along
The central topic of conversation at City Council’s pre–meeting workshop last week was about progress toward making Savannah a home port for cruise ships. After months of study and speculation, […]
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Carpet Culprit
A misunderstanding about some carpeting resulted in a call to the police. A woman filed a complaint about a disorderly person after nearly getting into a fight with her neighbor. […]
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More to chew on
Over the last few years, the food truck movement has been one of the country’s fastest growing culinary trends. The nouveau chuck wagons have gone from fringe culture in ber–hip […]
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Off to a bad start
The first legal volley in what will likely be years of court battles over the constitutionality of the state’s immigration reform law took place Monday when a federal judge granted […]
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Truth is stranger than fiction, pt. 2
Loud music got a man into trouble with the law. Just after midnight last Monday, an officer stopped a vehicle for a noise ordinance violation. When the officer approached the […]
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Awareness is key
This year marks the 30th anniversary since AIDS first appeared as a mysterious unnamed killer that turned lives and communities upside down. It was in the summer of 1981 that […]
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‘And then we moved’
Poet and Savannah State professor Chad Faries can now add memoirist to his list of occupational descriptors. His new book, an unflinching exploration of his upbringing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula […]
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With friends like these…
Two men got into a dispute at the Longshoreman’s Hall on East Lathrop Avenue, but none of the witnesses saw anything happen. The guy who reported the incident said he’d […]
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Newsbriefs
The special guest at last week’s Downtown Business Association luncheon was City Manager Rochelle Small–Toney. She explained what business owners could expect from the newly created Downtown Services Department, which […]
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Cutting to the bone
While anemic budgets are more normal than newsworthy these days, Chatham County’s may be the first locally to have not only struck bone but lopped a whole arm off. Although […]