FOR OVER 150 YEARS, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse has stood at the mouth of the south channel of the Savannah River, serving as a warning to ships, a witness to […]
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How high is too high?
COMING ACROSS the Talmadge Bridge from South Carolina is the best way to view Savannah’s urban forest. A mass of green covers the city, with only the tallest buildings poking […]
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Living history
IT WAS AN entirely different world in 1932. Jim Crow was the law in the South, and the Great Depression had brought the world to its knees. Opportunities were few, […]
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‘The world becomes my gallery’
IF ALL GOES according to plan, as this issue hits stands artist Kiril Jeliazkov and a small crew will be hard at work installing over 120 twenty-foot-tall canvas abstract paintings […]
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Waterworld
JUST A FEW STEPS past the lobby of the University of Georgia’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium (MECA) on Skidaway Island, visitors will soon be able to enter an underwater […]
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Rock lobster
FOR HUNDREDS of visitors to the aquarium on Skidaway Island over the years, meeting Clifford the Spiny Lobster was a highlight of the trip. For over 15 years, until this […]
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You say you want a revolution?
IT MUST have been horrific. On Oct. 9, 1779, 8,000 soldiers from three different armies fought for control of Savannah. By the battle’s end, after about an hour’s time, 800 […]
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Tapped out
“WE’RE GOING TO PULL all the small bones in your hand together and make them work as one,” says ISKA mixed martial arts (MMA) lightweight amateur champion Stephen Bass as […]
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Deep focus
ROB STEWART NEARLY gave his life to make his film, Sharkwater — not because he was attacked by sharks, but because of his encounters with humankind. Stewart set out to […]
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Blood money
“Is my urine clear?” The manual stated that my urine should be clear. My urine was yellow. Is yellow clear? I could see through it. Did clear mean: Not cloudy? […]
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Fade to black
EARLIER THIS YEAR, ABC was set to film a pilot episode of a show starring Alyssa Milano as a Savannah lawyer. The production was all ready to shoot, and indeed […]
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The fix is in
Dr. Cole Chavis works quickly over her tiny patient. Just two little legs can be seen as the patient lies motionless on her back. This small dog has no way […]