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Covered in color
While its agenda can be political, fanciful or baffling, its first purpose is always to issue the primal call of “I am here! And you are, too!”
Mayors Xmas motorcade is Wednesday
Mayors from across southeast Georgia will join forces in Savannah to provide a “brighter holiday for those in need” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, as part of the 55th annual Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. Mayors from dozens of cities in the region will gather at the National Guard Armory on Eisenhower Drive, bringing with them…
LEED app developed locally
Tommy Linstroth, owner and founder of Savannah based Trident Sustainability Group unveiled the GreenBadger LEED documentation APP at the 2013 GREENBUILD conference in Philadelphia last month. The remarkable, ground- breaking innovation for LEED documentation, Green Badger LEED app was introduced to the Greenbuild community and lauded by everyone who experienced the features of the new…
Three die in Thanksgiving accidents
On Thanksgiving morning, three men died after two separate traffic accidents on different ends of the county. Mark Gunter, 57, of the 1200 block of Bridlewood Drive, died on scene about 2:30 a.m. when the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving southbound in the northbound lane of Veterans Parkway collided with a BMW near Chatham Parkway.Anthony…
McQueens Island Rails to Trails closed
Effective immediately, the Chatham County Parks & Recreation Department has closed the historic McQueen’s Island “Rails to Trails” due to “concerns for public safety,” a spokesperson for nearby Fort Pulaski National Monument says. The McQueen’s Island Trail, west of Fort Pulaski, was created in 1996 on the abandoned Central of Georgia Railway tracks that once…
Free & discount parking during holidays
The City of Savannah is offering a number of “special parking incentives for downtown holiday shoppers” beginning Thanksgiving. Here they are: · Metered parking will not be enforced this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29, due to the holiday. · Three hours of free parking will be available in City Parking Garages every Thursday…
Victory for the Ogeechee
Last week’s announcement ends what has been a contentious struggle between ORK’s environmental advocates and those representing KAF’s Screven County-based facility.
Broken clocks and murder verdicts
In detective fiction, a common plot device is the broken clock or watch that tells the time of the murder. Does this ever happen? Has a broken clock or watch ever been admitted as evidence in a murder trial? —Oscar, Maryland This is one of those tropes future consumers of vintage whodunits are going to…
Oi! It’s Micky Fitz and the Business
It’s anthemic, soccer-match punk, and its association with angry violence (not to mention that many of the early Oi! fans were card-carrying skinheads who lived by the far right) led some in the tarty U.K. music press to tag it “punk’s idiot half-brother.”
Go nuts!
In Savannah, there are two unique productions of The Nutcracker — one professional, one not — on the same day, in different theaters, every year. It’s a holiday tradition, as predictable as the ingredients in a Paula Deen pound cake.
Bicycle to brewcycle
The continued growth of the beer market has coincided with the cycling boom and produced some wonderful products.
Suburban Cowboy
A Savannah man reattempted a burglary where he had failed the day before, but was foiled again. Justin Edward Boykin, 27, was arrested by Islands Precinct officers after a neighbor talking to Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police via cell phone tracked him from a residence. He has been charged with five counts of burglary in the first…
Gallery Hop: Visualizing gratitude
Throughout the exhibition flamenco dancers, gypsies and bullfighters are painted against dark backgrounds, highlighting the subjects’ beauty, grace, dignity and pride.
Local bike commuting gets national attention
The percentage of commuters who get to work by bike in Savannah is 1.3 percent. That may not seem high, but it is more than double the national average. Atlanta’s, by comparison, is at .6 percent.
Editor’s Note: A streetcar named — ah, screw it
In a nutshell, CAT’s proposal involves two parallel north/south lines, one on MLK and one on Fahm Street, in the same exact sector of the northwest quadrant, bounded by Gwinnett to the south.
New caffeine on the corner
Offering all manner of espresso drinks, sweet snacks and a parking lot in back, it’s a welcome addition that serves the speedy, “get in-get out” set as well as those who prefer to lounge with their lattes and laptops for hours on end.
The square roots of gratitude
After observing the custom of giving daily thanks throughout November via Facebook, she wanted to create an opportunity to be thankful in person as well as cultivate appreciation of some of the city’s most glorious spaces.
Union Mission urges ‘Buy One Give One’
Union Mission, a local non-profit organization that fights homelessness, encourages the community to take advantage of BOGOs on Black Friday. ‘Buy One, Give One’ would include donations of the other half of a Buy One Get One deal on Nov. 29. Donations of men’s white dress shirts and steel-toe boots help clients who are seeking…
