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Editor’s Note
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Editor’s Note: Did we learn anything at all?
The endless mixed messages from Gov. Kemp — first proclaiming the importance of public health, then signing orders directly undermining it — set the tone.
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Editor’s Note: The Savannah Arena in an age of pandemic
A 9000-seat arena is great –until literally the entire live sports, entertainment, and events industry faces an existential reckoning, possibly years into the future.
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Editor’s Note: When public health becomes a culture war
For a brief, shining moment amid the fear, there seemed to be a sense of community that we haven’t felt in this country for a long, long time. We were “all in this together.” Until we weren’t.
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Editor’s Note: When relief brings little relief
For unemployed Georgians trying to navigate the state’s overburdened unemployment insurance system, it’s been like a chapter out of a Kafka novel.
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Editor’s Note: A governor who cannot govern
Even the most rock-ribbed conservatives all over the Savannah area were calling the Republican governor a ‘moron,’ an ‘idiot,’ and things we can’t print here.
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Editor’s Note: Passing and failing the tests of leadership
Tybee’s rogue St. Patrick’s parade — done in open defiance of the cancelation order — is certain to be mentioned the next time Orange Crush comes to Tybee, when locals try once again to shut down that celebration.
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Editor’s Note: Distant socializing
We must resist the attempt to be literally ‘socially distant,’ and socialize distantly instead — and be able to understand the difference.
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Editor’s Note: The new normal for a newspaper
What should Connect Savannah’s mission be during this pause in events? We are turning enthusiastically to the idea of building and encouraging grassroots solidarity with local people, businesses, artists, and entertainers during this trying time.
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Editor’s Note: A very unpredictable St. Patrick’s Day
As I write this, all systems are go for Savannah’s annual, world-famous St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. By the time you read this, of course, it’s possible that some or all of that will have changed.
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Editor’s Note: After the fire, lessons learned
Together, Eastern Wharf and Plant Riverside represent a massive investment and expenditure, and will increase the number of warm bodies on each side of the Historic District, as well as further stress the City’s infrastructure.
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Editor’s Note: A guide to local pronunciation, redux
I’M constantly struck by how many people have moved to Savannah over the past decade or less, from other parts of the country. Unfortunately, a phenomenon that I see more […]