Two recent law-enforcement decisions illustrate yet again that when government sets out to solve a problem it created, things get much worse. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice […]
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St. Patrick’s Day FAQs
So you can just walk around and drink in Savannah? Crazy. Yes, to-go cups are one of the most enlightened and wonderful things about our fair city. Anyone over 21 […]
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Former VP Al Gore coming to Book Festival
And the Savannah Book Festival just keeps getting bigger: Former Vice President Al Gore has been added to the mix, joining Dave Barry, Gregg Allman, James Patterson and the guy […]
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12 for ’12: The Year in Review
1. Goodbye Rochelle. Don’t let the door hit you in the… Yeah, we know you’re tired of reading about Rochelle Small-Toney in our annual Year in Review issue. Over the […]
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Ride to the music
Regular readers of Connect are no doubt familiar with our biweekly cycling advocacy column, “The News Cycle,” written by Savannah Bicycle Campaign Vice–Chairman John Bennett. The nonprofit Bicycle Campaign’s biggest […]
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Baroness’ tour bus in serious crash in the U.K.
We’re still waiting on word from the U.K. on our friends in Baroness. The four members of the metal band, which formed in Savannah, were among those on board a […]
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KidSyc, Meddin’s Gant take Parker’s video prize
Congratulations to local rapper Lloyd “KidSyc” Harold, grand prize winner in the recent “Why I Love Parker’s” video contest, sponsored by the convenience store chain. Nick Gant, creative director of […]
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Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 2012
Before you ask, yes, there will be fireworks over the Savannah River on New Year’s Eve. Anyone planning to be on River Street Saturday evening should try looking into the […]
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Levels of hell
The first things I noticed about Chuck Sereika were his eyes – dark blue, distant, and sunken, set back as if they were determined to put distance between Chuck Sereika […]
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Earth Day 2011
Pics from the Earth Day celebration in Forsyth Park, April 23, 2011. [slideshow-1]
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Drug abuse
Capital punishment in Georgia is facing a serious problem — not necessarily on moral grounds, but on practical ones. The state no longer has access to the drugs it needs […]
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Sound and fury: The Troy Davis hearing
In a city with a reputation for celebrating the intersection between odd personalities and true crime drama, last week’s evidentiary hearings for Troy Davis did not disappoint. There were remorseless […]