Stay in the know about the latest activities and achievements in our local community. CAT to run on holiday schedule for Juneteenth Chatham Area Transit Authority (CAT) will operate on […]
Ossabaw Island
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Ossabaw Island Foundation celebrates the life and legacy of Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West
UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS NOW ONLINE ONLY. The pre-recorded program will be available online at 7:00pm Thursday January 20 via the group's YouTube channel HERE and on Facebook Live via the Ossabaw […]
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Ossabaw Island Foundation Call for Annual Online Art
The Ossabaw Island Foundation announced a call for artists to submit artwork donations to be auctioned virtually on their website ossabawisland.org.
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Sandy West, longtime guardian of Ossabaw Island, dies at 108
Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West, the longtime guardian and resident of undeveloped Ossabaw Island on the southernmost coast of Chatham County, passed away on her birthday at her Garden City home […]
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Ossabaw Tintype Photography Workshop Weekend
Several photography fanatics gathered amid the pristine wilds of Ossabaw Island on New Year’s Day to learn the almost-forgotten art of tintype photography, drawing inspiration from the surrounding flora and […]
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Ossabaw Island to host ‘wild’ New Year’s Eve celebration
After a tumultuous year beset by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, celebrating New Year’s Eve this holiday season may be a treacherous undertaking. Welcoming 2021 in an outdoor environment can make […]
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Ossabaw Island’s annual meeting recognizes Coastal Marshlands Protection Act
In 1970, Georgia’s governor Lester Maddox had a plan for the barrier islands that comprise our coast. With the development of I-95 on his mind, Maddox wanted to build a […]
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Lift Every Voice marks three years this weekend
Now in its third year, the initiative started at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016
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Editor’s Note: Celebrate the environmental history of the Georgia coast
That history will be celebrated this Thursday in a remarkable event which launches a wonderful new anthology, Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast; and celebrates the 106th birthday of Sandy West, the matriarch responsible for ensuring Ossabaw’s conservation.
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Women who save the land
Sandy West turned 105 last week, and though she is no longer able to live on the island, her legacy remains intact. The Ossabaw Island Foundation (TOIF) manages educational programs and scientific research on the island as part of the Executive Order that preserves its use as an example of land conservation.
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‘A more inclusive and nuanced history’
Eight of Savannah’s historically significant organizations offer a day of free admission this Sunday, August 20.
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Lost and found on Ossabaw Island
I WAS definitely lost by the time I saw the little brown pig. The laminated map had shown a single loop trail, so simple that I’d left it on the […]