Isolation Binge: Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah’s Jim Reed
We decided to sit down with some of the most passionate film fans and connoisseurs that Savannah has to offer, to find out what they’re watching right now and why movies mean so much to them.
Kemp: Restaurants, hair/nail care, and other businesses can re-open soon
In another highly controversial announcement, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp this afternoon announced that restaurant dine-in services can reopen beginning this coming Monday, April 27. In addition, on this coming Friday, April 24, various services such as hair and nail care, tattoo and body art shops, massage therapists, gyms and fitness centers, and bowling alleys can…
Homicide on Avery Street
Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives are investigating an early morning double shooting resulting in one fatality. “Around 1:20 a.m., officers heard gunfire in the area of Avery Street and Oglethorpe Avenue and quickly responded to the scene finding Charles Daniels, 40, with gunshot wounds. Daniels was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to…
Homicide on Pate Street
Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives are investigating the homicide of an unidentified male, found Thursday evening. “At around 8:15 p.m., officers responded to the 2600 block of Pate Street and located the deceased white male. An initial investigation revealed that the male had sustained injuries from gunfire,” police report. Detectives are continuing to investigate this…
Location Gallery partners with Bull Street Taco to sell art, feed nurses
Location Gallery today announced Moveable Feasts, their first foray into virtual exhibitions. Work from their roster of artists is available for purchase on their website. Typically, Location donates gallery profits to a local nonprofit, but in lieu of a typical reception, they’re partnering with Bull Street Taco to help support nursing staff. “We launched our…
Quarantine Chronicles: Amy Bodek
‘There’s a lot of good that is coming out of this. It is scary, but there is positive stuff’
Quarantine Chronicles: Raine
‘You have to be able to take risks to help other people’
Homeless Authority looking for volunteers, donated items
The Chatham-Savannah Homeless Authority has put out a call for volunteers to help with some important no-contact measures to help the area’s growing homeless population. John Miller, Vice Chair of the Chatham Savannah Authority for the Homeless and a former homeless services & shelter operator, has issued a call for volunteers to help staff not only…
Visit Savannah unveils marketing campaign for economy re-start
Visit Savannah announced today a marketing campaign urging locals to “Rediscover Our City” — as soon as it is deemed safe to do so by health and government officials. In a statement some might perhaps find provocative, a spokesperson says “Since before either the mayor or the governor issued orders to shelter in place and avoid…
Quarantine Chronicles: Nicol Harris
‘I don’t think people realize how hard it is when you’re a small business and you lose so much so quickly’
Quarantine Chronicles: Anna Marie Dove
‘We’re learning as we go, but we’re all listening and paying attention and we’re all doing what we need to do’
Quarantine Chronicles: Alaina Ford
‘Am I doing the right thing by keeping our business open and by keeping our trucks rolling? I have come to the conclusion that yes, because we’re providing an essential service’
Quarantine Chronicles: Crystal Bales Milner
‘I have a 12 year-old, I’m on middle school mindset, and now I have a preschooler at home too’
Song After Song: Skippy Spiral
We asked Skippy Spiral to pick one song of his own and one song that he loves and break down both.
5 Questions with Morgan Adler
‘Whenever I feel like I’m getting into a routine or building up too many go-to marks, I try to break out of that as much as I can’
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Mayor Johnson addresses parking confusion, sanitation changes, social distancing In a regular briefing last Tuesday, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said he is pleased that local citizens seem to be doing a better job observing social distancing. “I want to thank those who are taking social distancing seriously,” Johnson said. “However, there were some gatherings, some stores,…
Danielle Hicks sings the blues with power and vigor
Hicks grew up with a father who was in bands, so she grew up in a creative environment
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.
Trending in Quarantine: a Graphic Recording
The idea is to chronicle in real-time her impressions and observations into a series of illustrations. The results often tell the story better and more intuitively than other forms of communication.
Quarantine Chronicles: Cina Burks
‘I think about, what if one of my coworkers really has no money?’
Quarantine Chronicles: Cody Shelley
‘On a very basic level, I am safe and secure, but I feel like the threat and the danger is so imminent around us that it’s hard to reconcile’
Quarantine Chronicles: Heidi Schaffner
‘Maybe you don’t have kids, but when you don’t put money into education, you’re building an uneducated future, and we are all starting to see what happens to us with that lack of education’
Two dead in I-516 crash
Savannah Police’s Traffic Investigation Unit (TIU) is investigating an April 13 crash on Interstate 516 that resulted in two fatalities. “A preliminary investigation revealed that at around 8:25 p.m., Tiffany Adkins, 33, driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer, was traveling north bound on Interstate 516 in the south bound lane. At the same time, Shanetta Fails, 41,…
Dunkin’ locations to offer free coffee to frontline pandemic response workers
To show their appreciation of healthcare workers and first responders, Charles Cutler and Mike Ferreira, who own 12 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout Savannah, are offering a free medium hot or iced coffee to all frontline healthcare workers and first-responders. Dunkin’ has also launched an online gift card site, DunkinCoffeeBreak.com, so that guests in Savannah and across…
