The municipal elections might still be four months away, but the campaign season is getting into full swing. Gardens of colorful candidate signs have bloomed at various intersections, while the […]
2011
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Awareness is key
This year marks the 30th anniversary since AIDS first appeared as a mysterious unnamed killer that turned lives and communities upside down. It was in the summer of 1981 that […]
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‘And then we moved’
Poet and Savannah State professor Chad Faries can now add memoirist to his list of occupational descriptors. His new book, an unflinching exploration of his upbringing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula […]
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Newsbriefs
The special guest at last week’s Downtown Business Association luncheon was City Manager Rochelle Small–Toney. She explained what business owners could expect from the newly created Downtown Services Department, which […]
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Cutting to the bone
While anemic budgets are more normal than newsworthy these days, Chatham County’s may be the first locally to have not only struck bone but lopped a whole arm off. Although […]
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Walking toward inspiration
Photographer David Strohl discovered the inspiration for his new exhibit, “Qualifies for Dreammaker,” while taking a walk. The show, which takes a closer look at some near–Eastside neighborhoods, opens this […]
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Money matters
Last week’s City Council pre–meeting workshop covered quite a bit of territory and took quite a bit of time, clocking in at just over three hours. The central topic included […]
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Good morning sunshine
There will be changes made to the way that the City of Savannah handles public meetings and public records or there will be legal consequences. That was the message delivered […]
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TED’s X-cellent Adventure
One part symposium, one part lecture series, add some notable community members and a lot of ideas; stir them up and let them marinade all day – that’s the recipe […]
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Boy, oh, boycott
Organizations opposing House Bill 87, Georgia’s pending immigration reform bill, are planning a comprehensive boycott of tourism and in-state businesses if the bill is signed into law by Governor Deal. […]
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Bombs away!
Several police units, a member of the bomb squad, members of the County Sheriff’s Department, the Fire Department and EMS were all dispatched to the scene of a bomb threat […]
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Newsbriefs
Dog Days A group of dog lovers is circulating a petition requesting that the City consider converting the Nathaniel Greene Park on Bull Street between 56th St. and Columbus Avenue […]