Donna’s dream
The secret to this bakery’s success is a whole lotta love
Homeless camp clean-up tomorrow
The City of Savannah will join local organizations for a community clean-up of two homeless located beneath local overpasses this Saturday. The volunteers will be removing litter and debris from the area. “Police have met with members of the homeless community, and are receiving cooperation to increase sanitary conditions in these areas,” a City spokesman…
One dead, two held after huge pile-up on Islands Expressway
The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a five-vehicle pile-up that killed a Savannah man late Thursday night. Jose E. Cuervo III, 26, was “killed instantly when the 2008 Nissan Sentra he was driving collided with a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe on Islands Expressway just west of Highway 80 about 10:30 p.m. A third vehicle was…
Kingston to appear on CNN’s ‘Crossfire’ Thursday
Congressman Jack Kingston of Savannah, who is running for Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seate, will appear on CNN’s Crossfire at 6:30 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, February 27 alongside former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich “to discuss the issues of the day,” a campaign spokesman says.
Habitat Savannah to dedicate 126th home
Savannah’s Habitat for Humanity, along with its homeowner families, partners and volunteers, invites the public to celebrate the purchase of a Habitat Savannah home by the newest homeowners, the Foster family. A brief dedication ceremony will conclude with the transfer the home’s keys to the purchasing family. Scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 8, 2014 at 1…
Asbury trades pulpit for cotton patch
The play is ‘very social-justice oriented,’ Rev. Hester explains.
A ‘journey to wellness’ – for all
‘There’s not one area where Savannah and Chatham County outperform the rest of the nation,” says Canyon Ranch’s Andrew Pleasant. ‘The need for something like the Life Enhancement Program is real, it’s tangible, and it’s immediate.’
Editor’s Note: Guns on Broughton, take two
Interestingly, this incident came days after the GA House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing concealed carry of handguns in bars.
Review: Non-Stop
Neeson’s career pirouette has blessed the action flick with a leading man who can emote as well as he can punch.
Stopover spotlight: Peelander-Z
The four Japanese musicians clown and cavort amongst giant squids and lizards.
Stopover spotlight: St. Paul & the Broken Bones
Paul Janeway grew up in a strict Pentecostal home. Black gospel music was common in his church services.
Stopover spotlight: Ex Hex
Girls with guitars, making music that matters. Songs that say something.
Sociability + sessionability = win
With the diversity in today’s vast craft beer selection combined with a more savvy consumer, full flavor can’t be sacrificed for the benefit of lower alcohol.
Two shot on Broughton
Patrol officers had been called to Club Dosha in the 100 block of East Broughton about 1:09 a.m. to break up a fight when they heard shots fired in the 200 block.
Donna’s dream
It’s exciting to find a place you’d never noticed before, walk in, and be immediately welcomed and smiled upon. That’s what I experienced when I pulled into the little parking lot on Montgomery Street, just across from Sylvan Terrace, and found Ms. Donna Green mixing up a batch of batter with real butter and eggs.…
Band of Horses’ acoustic stampede
Recorded last year at Nashville’s venerable Ryman Auditorium (which has, they say, the best acoustics in the South), their new album features Ben Bridwell and company pickin’ and a-strummin’ without all those pesky amplifiers.
Collaboration & public art:Think of the children!
First conceived to help fulfill the mission of last Saturday’s A-Town Get Down Festival, the splashy mobile sculptures were assembled by the kids of the Loop It Up Savannah art program at the West Broad YMCA—a fine, fun example of how the sum of many creative efforts can add up to a single piece of…
Midtown Miracle Garden seeks donations, volunteers
Midtown Miracle Community Garden has an immediate need for donations of ground fill and landscaping materials and volunteers to prepare the lot, and create the free garden boxes that will benefit Second Harvest’s fresh lunch program currently serving 3,800 children daily. The first drop off is all week and work party is this weekend: Saturday…
Human remains found on West 42nd
Police are investigating human remains found beneath an abandoned house in the 600 block of West 42nd Street today. A tip from Crimestoppers directed police to the house where police found remains of the body that had been deceased for many years. The remains have been transported to the Georgia State Crime Lab for identification.…
Two arrested in Broughton shootings
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police arrested two suspects in Downtown Savannah shootings that occurred early Sunday morning. Rajed Ervin, 22, of the 2200 block of Mason Drive, was detained Sunday morning near the scene. Sean Brooks, 24, of the 2200 block of East 38th Street,was arrested Monday morning at his residence. Both are charged with aggravated assault.…
Sociability + sessionability = win
“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” That is how brand manager Rob Kreszswick describes the genesis of The Just Beer Project, a new craft beer company based in Vermont. With the increasing push to extremes in the craft beer world —be it more hops, unexpected flavor combinations or higher alcohol content — this new…
Asbury trades the pulpit for the cotton patch
Not long before his tragic death in a car accident in 1981, songwriter Harry Chapin composed words and music for a stage musical called Cotton Patch Gospel. With book by playwrights Tom Key and Russell Treyz, it’s essentially a darkly comic re-telling of the story of Jesus Christ, set in rural Georgia. The characters speak…
Donna’s dream
It’s exciting to find a place you’d never noticed before, walk in, and be immediately welcomed and smiled upon. That’s what I experienced when I pulled into the little parking lot on Montgomery Street, just across from Sylvan Terrace, and found Ms. Donna Green mixing up a batch of batter with real butter and eggs.…
