Countywide mask requirement instituted
Chatham County Board of Commission Chairman Al Scott issued a county-wide State of Emergency that will go into effect at 12:01 A.M. on August 1, 2020. “The County-wide State of Emergency orders that all persons wear a mask or face covering in public spaces to include commercial establishments, public places, government buildings, and any time…
Tybee to ticket beachgoers on sandbar
Effective this weekend, the City of Tybee Island will issue citations to anyone found on the sandbar at the south end of the island, near the crossovers for 18th Street, 19 Street and Chatham Avenue. Citations for beach rule violations carry penalties up to $1,000. “Please heed signage in this area warning of significant drowning…
Savannah African Art Museum call for submissions
The Savannah African Art Museum is calling for submissions for their virtual art exhibit, “…And The Children Speak,” which aims to provide a platform where children’s voices about the pandemic and current events can be expressed through their art. Beginning in March, the lives of children changed in a myriad of ways. From the absence…
Glamping Girls just like to have fun
WHEN THE COVID-19 pandemic forced closures across the hospitality industry, Chris Waters saw her job as a Savannah event planner disappear. “My calendar went from completely booked to everything cancelled in an instant,” she recalls. She was also struggling with the new norm of empty nesting, her children Victoria, 24, and Will, 21 recently moving…
Legal Lemonade
TWO 7-year-old Savannah twins have been getting mega media attention after branding their business “Twin-Monade.”
A right to recreation
Almost half of Savannah residents, and more than 100 million people across the country, live in park deserts: places without access to nearby green spaces.
WRUU Spotlight: Emanuela Curtale
WE’RE KICKING OFF a new series profiling show hosts on WRUU “Savannah Soundings,” Savannah’s nonprofit community radio station. Leading off the series is Emanuela Curtale, host of the ‘Strange Folk’ show and head of Media & Marketing at WRUU, which you can find at 107.5 FM or streaming at wruu.org. What in your background or…
5 Questions with Nancey B. Price
‘As I was growing up, I dealt with my own internalized colorism issues as a little Black girl, even though Brandy was out and popping.’
Students of Georgia Southern, Savannah State sound off on USG reopening policy
‘There is no way to enforce masks on campus, or to truly social distance (due to restraints regarding number of classrooms and teachers), and it seems that all of these proposed precautions have been very rushed.’
Javonte’s story
JAVONTE BLACK is shy at first. The soft-spoken 19 year old considers each word before saying it. But ask him about things he loves and he comes to life. His landscaping job? “I love it. It gets dirty though. It’s like finishing a painting, especially after hard work. When you’re dirty and sweating and dirt…
Editor’s Note: Signs of optimism amid the chaos?
At the time, most of us thought the Eastern Wharf fire was probably the weirdest thing we’d see all year.
Ashton Cordisco, on tape
LAST WEEK, when Ashton Cordisco found out that he had won the Stuck At Prom Scholarship Contest, attending SCAD became $10,000 easier. His artistic couture fashion tuxedo was designed solely of 27 rolls of Duck Tape brand adhesive tape, and an investment of 80 hours of labor. “I first heard about the Duck Tape scholarship…
