Calling all hackers
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Savannah Chapter is seeking groups from across the area to participate in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking on June 1-2, 2013. The event will be...
View ArticleFt. Pulaski to extend hours for summer
Fort Pulaski National Monument will begin an extended summer schedule. Effective June 1, the Visitor Center and the historic fort will be open daily from 9 AM to 6 PM.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleTelfair hearts the military
TheTelfair Museums will honor active military service members and their families by offering free admission to any of the Telfair Museums from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Free admission is offered as...
View ArticleMoshe Safdie to speak at SCAD graduation
Moshe Safdie, designer of Savannah's Jepson Center for the Arts, will address the SCAD graduating class of 2013 this Saturday, June 1, at commencement ceremonies. Safdie will speak to graduates at...
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Meth organizations 'dismantled'
The Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) announced the "arrests and dismantling of two separate methamphetamine organizations operating throughout Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, and Bulloch...
View ArticleTalmadge Bridge to close Wed. for ginormous ship
The Georgia Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Georgia Ports Authority has scheduled a brief closure of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge to vehicular traffic beginning at 12:30 p.m....
View ArticleWhat you need is a big xylophone
There will be an unveiling ceremony Thursday at 2 p.m. for a new "hands-on, interactive" xylophone being installed in Forsyth Park on the west side of the bandshell. Savannah Mayor Pro-tem Van R....
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GA Power gives Telfair HUGE check, literally
Georgia Power vice president Cathy Hill presented the Telfair Museums with a check for $25,000 to support free family programming at the Jepson Center. Family Days are offered one Saturday each month...
View ArticleBen Tucker killed in crash
Local legend and jazz icon Ben Tucker was killed when a car hit his golf cart on Hutchinson Island yesterday. The 82-year-old was crossing Grand Prize of America Roadway from the club house to the...
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Nicholas Sparks coming in October for Book Fest event
Nicholas Sparks, author The Notebook, Message in a Bottle and The Last Song, is coming for a Savannah Book Festival speaking engagement on October 8. Sparks’ visit is part of a national book tour for...
View ArticleO.A.R. concert in Grayson Stadium canceled
From Jannie Kong, spokesperson for Stan Lee: “Stan Lee’s POW!er Concert Series has announced the cancellation of their O.A.R. performance at the Historic Grayson Stadium, Home of the Sand Gnats, in...
View ArticleBen Tucker services set
The late great jazz legend and Savannah icon Ben Tucker will lie in state Sunday, June 9, from 2 -7 p.m. for public viewing at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull Street, at...
View ArticleBen Tucker funeral to affect traffic
Streets and parking will be intermittently impacted downtown on Monday for the funeral services of the late Ben Tucker, police say. Parking on Wright Square will be "reserved for funeral participants...
View ArticleDesign the Gnats program cover
Telfair Museums have partnered with the Savannah Sand Gnats to hold a contest for a design for the cover of the official 2013 Savannah Sand Gnats program. Winning designs will be displayed at Savannah...
View ArticleSolar energy town hall tonight
The Sierra Club and Georgia Public Service Commission will host a town hall-style meeting tonight about Georgia Power’s controversial 2013 Integrated Resource Plan, the company’s twenty year energy...
View ArticleThrive starts Kickstarter for St. Andrews gig
Thrive Cafe, "Savannah's first and only Green Certified Restaurant and Caterer," will begin providing all student and faculty meals to St. Andrew's School beginning this August. "The partnership is...
View ArticleVisit Savannah claims over 12 million visitors
Savannah had its third consecutive year of growth in tourism, hosting 12.4 million visitors last year, according to Visit Savannah. "This is a 2.5 percent increase in visitors from2011.…[ Read more ][...
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Alleged church vandal sought
Detectives are searching for 24-year-old Michael Christopher Garko, believed responsible for thousands of dollars in damage to a Savannah church. At 8:35 a.m. this past Monday, Metro officers responded...
View ArticleCity selling July 4th spaces
City of Savannah Mobility & Parking Services is now selling parking spaces in two City-owned lots for the July 4 festivities:· SOHO Parking Lot - corner Liberty and Whitaker Street. 34 parking...
View ArticleNew veterinary hospital at Forsyth Park
Forsyth Park Animal Hospital, a general veterinary practice, has opened off of Forsyth Park at 513 Whitaker St. Owned by native Savannahian and UGA graduate Dr. Holly Metts, its staff "have each been...
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