An officer was on patrol near City Market on Saturday night of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities when he saw a woman attack a man nearby. It was shortly after […]
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Life by Chocolate
Folk art is the umbrella term used to encapsulate the spectrum of creativity by outsider artists. It’s a rich tradition in Georgia, from the visionary works of Summerville’s Howard Finster […]
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Review: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Slow-vannah was transformed into Soul-vannah for a few hours when Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings landed at the Trustees Theater for the first sold-out show of the Savannah Music Festival. […]
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Newsbriefs
City Manager contract Members of the City Council gathered last Friday afternoon to discuss terms for hiring Rochelle Small–Toney as City Manager. Fresh off their appearance in the St. Patrick’s […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Party Fouls
The large crowds in town for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities kept police busy, including a total of 190 arrests over the weekend – 154 in City Market and 36 […]
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A run through the clover
There will be no shortage of partying this week, that much is certain. But one party on Saturday, the first annual Shamrock Scramble, will imbue the sea of green set […]
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Bills are piling up
There are more than 1,600 bills and resolutions circulating at the state capitol during this year’s legislative session. The future of HOPE funding and immigration reform have been the center […]
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On a lighter note
The celebratory mood of the Saint Patrick’s Day season in Savannah was evident at last week’s City Council meeting, which was notably lighter than the past several weeks. Although it […]
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Classic Blotter: St. Paddy’s Day Edition
Some peace-disrupting blasts from the past to get you in the mood for what’s in store this week: • An officer walking patrol during the St. Patrick’s Day festival saw […]
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Putting the ‘saint’ in St. Patrick’s Day
Before the green grits, before the parade’s pipe bands and floats, before the beer on River Street, Thursday morning’s St. Patrick’s Day Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the […]
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A growing concern
Here’s the thing that strikes you when you’re in a ballroom full of organic farmers: During a time when just about every profession is seriously compromised in some way – […]
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Savannah’s Black ‘First Ladies’
In the transition from Black History Month to Women’s History Month, the book Savannah’s Black “First Ladies” Vol. 1, by locals Pamela Howard–Oglesby and Brenda Roberts is the bridge to […]