ON JAN. 17, campus police arrested a 16-year-old Savannah High School student who attacked a classmate. It was one of many fights at the school that day, but this one […]
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Council confirms St. Patrick’s changes
THE TRADITION of staking out the squares on St. Patrick’s Eve is no more. On Feb. 28, the Savannah City Council approved the permit for the 184th annual St. Patrick’s […]
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Council is asked to save structures
They’re small, they’re dowdy, they’re about to be demolished. But two houses near the Roundhouse Railroad Museum are historic structures, valuable as surviving working class 19th century homes in the […]
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Shawn Canady, car detailer
SHAWN CANADY is a senior at Johnson High School. He has worked for three months as a car detailer at Autoshine, a car-washing company located on Whitemarsh Island in Savannah. […]
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Boiling over
YOU CAN’T BLAME political cartoonist Patrick Oliphant for hoping for the worst. After all, he makes his living from the stupid things politicians do. The last eight years have been […]
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Kathy Wilson, Customer Service Provider
Kathy Wilson is a customer service provider at Press Works, a popular printing company located in downtown Savannah. She has worked with the company 18 years. Could you describe what […]
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School board: GREAT plan not so great
IN A SHOW of bipartisanship and unity, the Savannah/Chatham school board and the City of Savannah have come together to fight a new statewide tax reform plan that they say […]
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Kevin Rippman, Electronics Control Technician
Kevin Rippman is an electronics control technician for the city of Savannah’s water treatment plants. He has been working with the city for nine years Could you describe what your […]
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Stephen Plunk, runner
STEPHEN PLUNK is seventeen years old. A full-time student and theater major at Savannah Arts Academy and a part-time runner at Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House, he has mastered the skill […]
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Karen Reed, Nurse Practitioner
Editor’s Note: Are you tired of seeing the same people profiled over and over in the local media? Yeah, us too. This is the first installment of a new column […]
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Takin’ it to the streets
AFTER JUST ONE WEEK, more than 3,000 signatures have been gathered in a petition drive in support of curbside recycling. Proponents of curbside recycling are collecting signatures in an effort […]
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Flattering Flannery
WHEN MARY FLANNERY O’CONNOR entertained guests at her childhood home in Savannah, things were done her way. The guests, who were carefully screened by Mary Flannery’s mother, Regina, were instructed […]