Coastal Health District announces free COVID-19 testing
The Coastal Health District announced today free testing for COVID-19 is available thanks to an increased capacity for testing. Anyone with symptoms qualifies for a test and can call the CHD’s COVID-19 Testing Call Center at 912-230-9744 to schedule a free appointment for testing. The center takes calls Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to…
Quarantine Chronicles: Warren Arbury
‘If you are a healthy and positive and good-natured person, it is your responsibility to spread that now’
Quarantine Chronicles: Peggy Mossholder
‘When I’m Peggy the COVID nurse, I use different protection because I know for sure what I’m exposing myself to’
Quarantine Chronicles: Greg Rettig
‘We were doing really well before his, so we had some surpluses, so we used those to help our friends’
Council debates Arena/Canal District master plan in wake of pandemic
At today’s City Council workshop, members of Council debated how the impact of COVID-19 may affect the ambitious plans for the Canal District in West Savannah, and the future Savannah Arena contained within it. “The way we live and congregate possibly could be impacted the rest of our lives,” said Alderwoman Kesha Gibson-Carter. “Is it…
Nine Line, Harris Lowry Manton LLP donate 1000 masks to area first responders
Earlier on Thursday, Nine Line Apparel and Harris Lowry Manton LLP joined forces to donate free 1,000 protective masks to Savannah-area first responders. “We’ve been working with the best scientists, the best engineers and the best distributors to make the best masks possible,” said Nine Line Apparel founder and CEO Tyler Merritt. “We have a…
Quarantine Chronicles: Elizabeth Raley
‘Honestly, we’re not doing well mentally at all. It’s hard’
Quarantine Chronicles: An Anonymous Vet Tech
‘We’ve seen a spike in euthanasias for the inability to pay for services’
Quarantine Chronicle: Bailey Pierce
‘There are some people who always want to bump elbows. The six-feet rule is only convenient to them’
Domestic cases rise locally during shutdown
The Chatham County Police Department and Savannah Police Department say they have seen an increase in domestic disturbance and domestic violence cases as schools are closed and citizens shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. “With Governor Brian Kemp’s shelter in place order in effect until April 30, law enforcement and community organizations are banding…
One-time yard waste collection in Savannah set for Monday
After weeks of cutbacks in services due to the pandemic, the City of Savannah will begin a one-time collection of residential yard waste on Monday, April 27. “Savannah’s Sanitation Department temporarily suspended yard waste pickup to allow staff to socially distance themselves on the job. AshBritt, Inc., the company the City contracts for storm debris…
New round of Broughton Street improvements set to start Monday
The City of Savannah Office of Capital Projects Management says it will start construction on Phase I of the Broughton Street Improvement Project on Monday, April 27. Broughton Street will be closed to traffic between Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Jefferson Street, and detour signs will be posted to direct drivers. Pedestrian access to…
Quarantine Chronicles: Alexander Henderson
‘In these times, you see where integrity lies’
Quarantine Chronicles: Jillian Zbleski
‘The reason I was so upset about the whole thing in the beginning was it was threatening my self-sufficiency’
Essential and musical: a special edition of The Vinyl Say
OUR series, The Vinyl Say, typically centers around meeting in person with a local musician at Graveface Records & Curiosities, talking about influences and favorite albums. With the stay-at-home orders over the last month, however, it’s obviously been impossible to make that happen—especially since Graveface has been forced to shut its doors until things are…
5 Questions with Stella Ranae Von Schmid
‘You have to know the science in order to make the art’
Food News
Georgia Southern aquaponics farm on Armstrong Campus donates produce during COVID-19 pandemic The folks at FORAM Sustainable Aquaponics Research Center (SARC) on Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus want you to know that sustainability is at the forefront — even during a pandemic. SARC recently donated produce grown at the aquaponics farm on campus to America’s…
Love, light and art sales
‘I want us, as a community and as a nation, to look at the Savannah Art Walk as being an online venue’
Adjusting to a new reality
Launched in January, OurStreets was originally designed to serve as a ‘community-driven data platform through which users can report dangerous driving and shared mobility issues’
Dustin Price explores dichotomy on new album
The album has a very specific sonic presentation—it’s not a pastiche in any way, but it feels familiar
Editor’s Note: When public health becomes a culture war
For a brief, shining moment amid the fear, there seemed to be a sense of community that we haven’t felt in this country for a long, long time. We were “all in this together.” Until we weren’t.
Quarantine Chronicles: Kamran Mohammad
‘It is very easy to clap and be like, ‘Oh, you’re a hero,’ but what are we doing as a society to actually effect change instead of just say thank you? The real thank you would be if we could learn something from this and grow from it’
Quarantine Chronicles: Laura Shadley
‘People don’t realize that what’s going on right now is in direct relation to how we’re treating the Earth’
Local artists combine form and function with beautiful masks
BRENDA SCARPATI and her husband, Mike, live on Tybee Island and own an artisan hand-poured soy candle business called Scent From Savannah. Brenda says that she saw articles, with patterns and instructions, explaining that there was a need for people to make masks. “I thought, ‘I can do that’.” To date, Brenda has made over…
These anxious times: working parents reflect on life during pandemic
But what happens when a pandemic forces you to stay home with your kids? There’s a terrifying reality for many right now
Album Reviews
BACK by popular demand, it’s another round of music reviews! There’s a lot of great music in Savannah, and there’s no better time than now to check out what the city has to offer. Here are some of the most standout releases from local artists over the last several months. Rev Bro Diddley and the…
