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A novel idea

“Cead mile failte” — Gaelic for “a hundred-thousand welcomes” — is exactly what you feel when you walk into Finnegan’s Wake, formerly known as O’Connell’s. The small, cozy pub tucked away on West Congress Street boasts fun and familiarity rather than glitz and glamour. With a dart board in one corner and a jukebox in…

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?This will all be history come September?

Describing what both agree is a “major paradigm shift” in the way public education is managed in Chatham County, School Board President Hugh Golson and Acting Superintendent George Bowen presented a unified front at a press conference last week on accreditation issues. “I want to stress that we’re still an accredited district,” Golson began. “At…

The Blotter

• A tip to police led to the arrest of a Savannah man wanted on 20 counts of check fraud. Officers proceeded to 1712 Reynolds Street. After knocking on the door, an adult female answered stating, “Jerome ain’t here,” but the officer saw the subject get up from behind her and walk to the rear…

Memories of Ms. Gibson

The last time I visited Florence Gibson she was down to one bunny rabbit. Twenty three females and one male had died. “The male committed suicide when he couldn’t get near the girls,” she explained. It was December and the temperature had plummeted. So Ms. Gibson moved Bunny Gal into the kitchen where a borrowed…

Teaching ‘herstory’

The wording of the proposed Constitutional amendment seems so innocuous, it’s hard to imagine anyone opposing it: Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate…

The girl in the yellow dress

Allie Meixner. Remember that name. You just might be seeing it up in lights. Meixner currently is performing in the Jam Theatricals production of Contact as the Girl in the Yellow Dress. The production is coming to the Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre on March 21. What’s remarkable about Meixner is that she is…


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