The state’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD) office in Savannah closed July 1, the most recent victim of the state’s ongoing budget cuts. Shuttering the local office raises questions about whether […]
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Smoking ban, millage increase pass
In what was probably one of the most anticipated City Council meetings of the year, our elected officials debated and voted on two of the most controversial issues of 2010 […]
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What a tangled web we weave
— Officers were dispatched to a reported fight on the corner of Fahm and Zubly Streets. At the scene, they found a white male in a dress shirt yelling at […]
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Order in the Court
Former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears has earned a spot in the history books. So even though any number of organizations could have brought her to town […]
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Shouting obscenities at police: still a bad idea
An officer patrolling West Bay St. noticed a group of people headed in the direction of Williamson St., and one of them was acting extremely disorderly. The officer asked the […]
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The Worldwide Read
More than a decade ago, the story of Waddie Welcome galvanized a community around the cause of helping an elderly disabled man live out his final years the way he […]
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Web Exclusive: Geekend announces 2010 lineup
Geekend, the design and technology conference that debuted with resounding success last Fall, has just announced most of its lineup for 2010. Geekend runs November 4 through 6 at the […]
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Tips for bad parenting
Police received a call that an intoxicated woman was trying to leave a residence with her children in the vehicle. The caller said that he and his girlfriend had gotten […]
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Art kick-start
The dog days of summer might be slowly coming to an end for the local visual arts scene, which is showing the first signs of waking from its summer siesta. […]
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Public hearing aid
There were no doubts that last week’s City Council meeting was going to be contentious. After all, the two matters up for discussion were an increase in the property tax […]
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It’s the bomb
A business owner on the eastside called police after he heard a loud explosion in the parking lot of his business. He went outside to see what had happened. A […]
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News briefs
The LNG challenge Public Service Commission member H. Doug Everett issued a challenge to Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) and the El Paso Corporation to make Georgia one of the country’s […]