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St. Patrick’s Day
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Sadly, only one arrest for swimming in the river
Through Saturday’s parade, Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police had only arrested 15 people in the St. Patrick’s Day festival area. However, a spike on Saturday night ended up bringing the holiday total […]
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Savannah’s own little Eye of Sauron
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are using this temporary “asset,” a 30-foot observation tower, in Ellis Square throughout the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Here it is earlier before, uh, full erection. The […]
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24 arrested in sweep
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police arrested 24 suspects in their third Total Focus operation of the year this weekend in a continuing effort to lower crime. More than 60 officers from SCMPD […]
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How to go bragh
Welcome to the week of green, when Savannah rivals Oz for the title of Emerald City. With St. Patrick’s Day preparations and pre-partying in full effect, the enthusiasm is as […]
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Here’s to Kevin Barry’s
An Gorta Mór, “the great hunger,” ravaged Ireland of her people, laid a foundation for her modern politics and provided the catalyst for the mass emigration of her people. In […]
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Don’t call it a comeback
Those of us who’ve been complaining about the dearth of live music on River Street over St. Patrick’s Day weekend can just shut up, because this year, it’s baaaack. If […]
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The three Irish tenors
Since 1980, Ground Zero for Irish music in Savannah has been Kevin Barry’s on River Street
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St. Patrick’s Day FAQs
So you can just walk around and drink in Savannah? Crazy. Yes, to-go cups are one of the most enlightened and wonderful things about our fair city. Anyone over 21 […]
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Super-duper high-tech CEMA vehicles unveiled Wednesday
The Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) will host an open house to display its new Mobile Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Emergency Communications Trailer, two Big Brother type vehicles designed […]
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Fountain is officially green, people
The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations more or less kind of officially started today with the annual Greening of the Fountain in Forsyth Park. Yup, it’s pretty much just dyeing the […]
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Harry go Bragh
After three decades of St. Patrick’s Days in Savannah, musician Harry O’Donoghue — a real, true son of Ireland from the coastal town of Drogheda — is pretty sure he […]