Jim Morekis

The proposal states that one intention of the sculpture would be to attract photography, but a public commenter opined that it is 'an ugly and desperate attempt for an Instagram photo-op.'

A look at the "new" Savannah City Council, after a remarkably low-turnout, low-interest election.

While some old favorites are returning, the 2024 Festival marks a renewed push to bring more first-time artists to Savannah, especially international ones.

The goal of the Thanksgiving Eve show is not only to highlight the diversity and range of Savannah’s musicians, but to try and create the feel of The Traveling Wilburys planned world tour – which poignantly never took place.

The conservation effort in Chile catapulted out of Doug Tompkins' dream, says Lorenzo Alvarez, who was with Tompkins the day he died in a tragic kayaking accident.

'That school was open 180 days a year. This will be a 25-unit apartment complex open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with one to two residents per apartment…. It will be disruptive to the neighborhood.'

A robust debate on a proposed five-story apartment building led to a larger discussion over how much density is appropriate in a historic city with a housing crisis.

Part I Homicides more than doubled this year over 2022’s total – from 3 to 7. But those numbers are skewed by two horrific incidents, a triple homicide in June and a double homicide in August.

"It’s imperative that the community see SCAD and the City playing well together in the sandbox."

The personal arguments are easy to write about, both because they are so out in the open and also because they get so many clicks and views. But what intrigues me most aren’t the individual disputes but the bigger questions of how we got here today, and what it means for this upcoming election.

Now the location of Daiss Towing Company, 4307 Bull Street is set to be the future location of a 63-unit apartment complex. Today, though, it’s largely a repository for impounded cars.

While fire departments test and flush hydrants every year, contrary to popular opinion fire departments aren’t in charge of making sure hydrants work. That responsibility lies with local governments and water systems.

Since 2019, a significant area of downtown has already been off-limits to most all new hotel development. The Victorian, Thomas Square, and Cuyler-Brownville neighborhoods want that area to be expanded to include them.