The Starland district in the area of 37th and Bull Streets was closed for a couple of hours this afternoon due to a gas leak, the Chatham Emergency Management Agency […]
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Savannah River Landing rebranded as ‘Eastern Wharf’
The joint venture that purchased the site known to most as Savannah River Landing unveiled a new name and brand for the revitalized project this week. In what the developers […]
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School Board President Candidate: David Lerch
DAVID LERCH has been a Savannah-Chatham School Board member already, representing District 4 from 2001-2005. Over five decades as an educator and consultant, one of his specialties is in desegregation. […]
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School Board President Candidate: Joe Buck
JOE BUCK is making a bid for the office he’s already held, from 2007-2014. “I would have kept on except for term limits,” Buck frankly admits. “But I will say […]
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Downtown Neighborhood Association announces $40,000 in grants to local organizations
The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) has announced the recipients of a total of $40,000 in grants to support a wide variety of local community organizations through its Neighborhood Initiatives and Community […]
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Fallen Air Guardsmen honored in Puerto Rico following deadly crash in Savannah
The Puerto Rico Air National Guard unit who lost nine airmen in last week’s crash of a C-130 on Highway 21 have released a short video from the private memorial […]
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Suspect sought in domestic strangulation
Savannah Police’s Violent Crimes Unit is requesting assistance locating a man wanted in connection to a domestic strangulation that occurred May 2. “Sharkim Dunbar, 21, is wanted on charges of […]
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Highway 21 closed ‘indefinitely’ in wake of airplane crash
Highway 21 will remain closed indefinitely after the crash of a Puerto Rico Air National Guard C-130 yesterday in the area. This is the detour instituted by the Georgia Dept. […]
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Fatalities in C-130 transport crash near Hwy 21
At least two are dead in the crash of what reports say is a Puerto Rico Air National Guard C-130 on approach near Highway 21 in Port Wentworth. The military […]
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School Board President Candidate: Larry Lower
CANDIDATE Larry Lower used the word “inclusive” at least five or six times in my 30 minute conversation with him. And when Lower, a current school board member who was […]
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Closing streets to open them
Closing streets to automobile traffic and making them ‘Open Streets’ for people is a tactic used all over the world to encourage residents and visitors to go outside, participate in events, or simply enjoy public space.
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School Board President Candidate: Betty Morgan
CANDIDATE Betty Morgan certainly knows her campaign’s main talking point. “I’m the only one out of the five of us who taught school,” she says. Morgan taught in Chatham County […]