The Savannah College of Art and Design announced this morning that all Spring Quarter classes will be online-only, and Spring 2020 commencement cermonies have been canceled. This decision applies to […]
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Wednesday update: Five new COVID-19 cases in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is awaiting confirmatory testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on five new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in Georgia. […]
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First COVID-19 patient quarantined at state park facility
Late Tuesday evening, Governor Kemp and Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security (GEMA) Director Homer Bryson provided an update on seven emergency mobile units being deployed to Hard Labor Creek […]
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O’Connell’s: ‘This is for Savannah. This is for us.’
‘It would be easy to walk away and let hotels take over downtown. But as long as I can, I’m not gonna let that happen’
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A history of Savannah’s biggest parade
Irish culture in Savannah dates back to when General James Oglethorpe first founded the colony of Georgia
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A look inside Savannah’s service industry—and how the big party doesn’t always serve them
THERE ARE so many people who make St. Patrick’s Day a reality for thousands of revelers. For every beer you drink, a bartender pours it, and a bar manager stocked […]
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St. Patrick’s Day shuttles cancelled, but CAT services are free Saturday and Tuesday
Chatham Area Transit says it “will no longer be providing shuttle services to downtown on St. Patrick’s Day as a result of the decision to cancel the parade and to […]
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Reports: Savannah St. Patrick’s Parade, festival “postponed”
Connect Savannah can confirm reports from earlier this afternoon that both the City of Savannah ‘Festival of St. Patrick’ this weekend and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Tuesday have […]
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Coronavirus not expected to slow or halt St. Patrick’s festivities, officials say
In a brief meeting today, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson and local health and public safety officials made an effort to assure the public that the local St. Patrick’s Day festivities […]
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Sue Adler chosen as new Historic Savannah Foundation President/CEO
Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF) has announced the results of its search for a new permanent President & CEO. “After careful deliberation, the search committee, together with the board of trustees, […]
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Eastern Wharf development set to continue after fire
Separate sources indicate that the investment group behind the Eastern Wharf development plans to continue with construction after Thursday’s devastating fire at a residential portion of the development — embers […]
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Eastern Wharf engulfed in blaze; no injuries reported
The new and highly touted Eastern Wharf development, still under construction just east of the Savannah Historic District, was the site of an enormous blaze late Thursday morning, with the […]