Savannah and Chatham County officials encourage COVID-19 vaccination efforts
Various officials of Savannah and Chatham County are increasing their efforts to boost the number of local citizens taking the coronavirus vaccine to help stop the spread of COVID-19. During his weekly press conference on Jan. 26, Savannah Mayor Van Johnson repeated a call from Georgia’s Department of Public Health urging licensed medical professionals and…
Chatham transit board votes to terminate CEO Bacarra Mauldin
The Chatham Area Transit Board of Directors voted 6-3 to terminate CAT CEO Bacarra Mauldin during their Jan. 26 monthly meeting, according to a statement issued by Board Chairman Deidrick Cody. Cody said that he could provide no further details about the termination, citing the issue as a personnel matter. In the last few minutes…
Experience Savannah’s Telfair PULSE Art + Technology Festival in person and online
Each year, Savannah’s PULSE Art + Technology Festival draws thousands of people to the Telfair Museums Jepson Center. Locals and visitors get a glimpse into the future amid immersive installations that combine traditional art with modern technology. This year, the festival will go on, but will look a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
‘Black, White, and The Grey’ takes readers behind the scenes at the lauded Savannah restaurant
A new memoir by the co-owners of one of Savannah’s most praised restaurants reveals that success stories are not always black and white. The Grey restaurant in downtown Savannah is a stylish reinvention of a formerly segregated, Art Deco-styled Greyhound bus station originally built in 1938. Since opening in December 2016, The Grey is now…
Historic Savannah mansion featured in film and TV sells for $4 million
The 113-year-old Mills B. Lane House, located at 26 E. Gaston Street in Savannah, was sold to its fourth owner in mid-January for $4 million, according to the realtor who brokered the deal. Originally built for Georgia banking magnate Mills B. Lane in 1908, this grand six-bedroom home overlooking Savannah’s Forsyth Park is considered as…
Savannah Fire participates in high-tech pilot project to reduce community risk
The Savannah Fire Department is one of 250 firefighting forces nationwide selected to participate in a pilot program to build a digital community risk assessment tool, which could help pinpoint where fires and accidents are probable to occur, according to a Savannah Fire spokesperson. The National Fire Protection Association chose Savannah Fire to take part…
Go gourmet on game day at Savannah’s newly opened Bar Food Sports
Americans love sports bars with generic fried food, pool tables, a thousand televisions, and lukewarm beer − they’re a dime a dozen around any drinking town. For the longest time, the sports bars of Savannah have been limited to a few local watering holes that have character but are not overwhelmingly different from the million…
The Orange Constant offers Savannah juicy slices of refreshing new music
With stages remaining silent due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, catching any sort of live music is like kneeling at the altar of a mutual enthusiasm for normality. However, to classify The Orange Constant as “any sort of live music” is an injustice to this regional group that has become one of the best live-performance…
HunterMaclean Attorney Christopher H. Smith Appointed to Conference of the Freight Counsel
HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that Christopher H. “Smitty” Smith was recently made a member of the Conference of Freight Counsel. The Conference of Freight Counsel is an association of attorneys in private and in-house practice in the United States, Mexico, and Canada…
Fence Art Project enlivens construction sites with creative murals by Savannah artists
When a building is under construction or renovation, this usually means that neighborhood residents are forced to look at drab fencing surrounding the site for months on end. However, when Savannah community booster Clinton Edminster recently looked at construction-site fences around his beloved Starland District, he saw something else entirely – an opportunity to simultaneously…
Virtual version of Mountainfilm on Tour comes to Savannah with local features
Over the last 12 years, Mountainfilm has steadily ascended to become one of Savannah’s most popular film festivals, showcasing stories about adventure and outdoors, environmental protection, culture and diversity, and social-justice issues. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colorado-based touring film festival is happening entirely virtually this year. This means the annual local Mountainfilm on…
Vice-President Kamala Harris is sworn in while wearing attire by SCAD grad Christopher John Rogers
During the Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Vice-President Kamala Harris – the first woman, first African American, and first person of South Asian descent to fill the second-in-command Executive Branch role – was wearing purple attire designed by Christopher John Rogers, a 2016 BFA graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design.…
Heavy metal meets the future at Savannah’s 2021 AURA Fest
If you have ever enjoyed a heavy-metal show in Savannah, you likely have Tim Walls to thank for it. The promoter and now producer can easily be credited for creating the local heavy-metal scene, in no small part due to his popular AURA Fest that rose from the embers of grunge and heavy rock in…
Savannah remembers the hundreds of local lives lost due to COVID-19
A somber bell-ringing ceremony was held at Savannah City Hall as the local community joined cities across the nation in honoring the lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic during a COVID-19 memorial on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 19. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson and City Council members observed the memorial while standing on the balcony…
Savannah Police investigate fatal pedestrian-vehicle accident on Ogeechee Road
The Savannah Police Department’s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating a Jan. 19 pedestrian-involved accident on Ogeechee Road that resulted in the death of a 57-year-old Savannah woman. According to a Savannah Police spokesperson, SPD officers responded to a call at the 4300 block of Ogeechee Road, near the busy intersection with Chatham Parkway, at around…
Tourism Leadership Council host Dr. Lawton Davis at the Savannah Convention Center.
Tourism Leadership Council host Dr. Lawton Davis at the Savannah Convention Center.
