HE’S TOO MODEST to admit it, but Anthony O. Williams is a born leader. Now 18 and a recent graduate of Jenkins High School, Williams will head to Morehouse College […]
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Council approves ‘hybrid’ ordinance
DANIEL ROBINSON KNOWS exactly what he wants to do. The owner of a River Street bar, Robinson told the Savannah City Council June 19 that he wants to transition into […]
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Restaurant/bar ordinance tabled
A CONTROVERSIAL ordinance that would allow restaurants to transition into bars after hours was tabled for two weeks at the June 5 meeting of the Savannah City Council. Both Mayor […]
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Landlord ordinance gets first reading
AN ORDINANCE meant to address derelict rental properties, believed to be a source of neighborhood blight, got its first reading at the May 21 meeting of the Savannah City Council. […]
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A fort looks at 200
OLD FORT JACKSON protected Savannah from seafaring invaders for nearly 100 years. When the fort was built in 1808, the nation’s relationship with Britain had worsened. President Thomas Jefferson authorized […]
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Major park approved for southside
THE WILSHIRE neighborhood on Savannah’s Southside is getting what will be one of the city’s largest parks. Some aldermen at the April 24 Savannah City Council meeting questioned whether the […]
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Interview: Mark McDonald
PRESERVATIONISTS IN SAVANNAH are losing an ally. Mark C. McDonald, executive director of the Historic Savannah Foundation, will become president and CEO of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation on […]
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Finally, the fort
VOTERS WERE promised a new outdoor venue when they approved the 1993 SPLOST referendum. After 15 years, of waiting, they just might get it. On April 10, the Savannah City […]
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Yoga in NOLA
A LOCAL YOGA instructor is one of 30 nationwide chosen to lead free yoga sessions to help the women and girls of New Orleans recover from Katrina. The all-day yoga […]
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Kacey Stewart, concessionist
KACEY STEWART is an eighteen-year-old concessionist at the Regal Eisenhower Cinema 6. She’s worked there part-time since June 2007 and enjoys writing and photography in her spare time. Describe what […]
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Council approves lend-lease of equipment to Haitian city
THERE HAS been a connection between Savannah, Ga., and St. Marc, Haiti, for more than 225 years. During the Revolutionary War, Haiti shipped out men from St. Marc to Savannah […]
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Students gone wild
HARRY FERGUSON knows firsthand what happens when a young life goes wrong. “I was incarcerated for the last 25 years on a life sentence,” he said. “My goal now is […]