Recently added articles from Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA):
Savannah Morning News, Ga., Arlinda Smith Broady column.(Column)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Arlinda Smith Broady Oct. 2--MOM-AND-POP LOOKING FOR NICHE IN SAVANNAH RADIO MARKET: Savannahians who tune in to 1400 on the AM dial are in for something a little different. The former gospel station is the new home for classic oldies from crooners such as Frank Sinatra, ...
Condo discriminated against handicapped, Justice Department lawsuit contends.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Jan Skutch Oct. 2--Owners and developers of two condominiums in west Chatham County are accused of discriminating against the handicapped by failing to provide disabled-access features. A lawsuit filed recently in federal court by the U.S. Justice Department ...
Savannah, Hinesville among country's 'best performing' cities.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Sep. 28--Savannah has jumped from 78th to 34th in the just-released 2007 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Partners Best Performing Cities Index, which ranks metro areas -- both large and small -- according to their ability to grow and sustain jobs. ...
LNG expansion gets go-ahead.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Landers Sep. 28--A storage facility built to hold 7.3 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas on Elba Island, five miles east of downtown Savannah, will more than double its storage capacity by 2012. The facility's operator, El Paso Corp., got the ...
With an eye to the future, Georgia Ports Authority buys 175 acres.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Sep. 28--Looking to future growth, the Georgia Ports Authority on Thursday purchased 175 acres of property on Hutchinson Island from Colonial Terminals. The property has more than 3,700 feet of frontage on the Savannah River with rail and ...
Savannah's port target: 6.5 million TEU containers by 2017.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Christian Livermore Sep. 21--The port of Savannah is shooting for handling 6.5 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit containers by 2017, and four elements are necessary to make that happen, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Doug J. Marchand said in his Savannah ...
Effingham County lawsuit with IDA over local zoning finally settled.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Wayne Hodgin Sep. 21--SPRINGFIELD -- A lawsuit challenging whether the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority has the right to supersede local zoning laws has finally come to an end. A June 28 ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals remanded the ...
Planning board denies homes at Coffee Bluff in Savannah, Ga.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Christian Livermore Sep. 18--The Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission denied the latest version of a controversial proposal that would put houses next to Coffee Bluff Marina. The new compromise plan would put five houses on the land instead ...
Planning commission emptied by city council election in Tybee Island, Ga.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Scott M. Larson Sep. 18--No new major developments will be approved on Tybee Island in the next two months or more. Nor will the Tybee Island City Council get any recommendations from the Tybee Island Planning Commission on rezoning or variances from city ...
Savannah Morning News, Ga., business briefs.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Sep. 14--GOVERNOR DECLARES SEPTEMBER TO BE COLLEGE SAVINGS MONTH: For the fifth consecutive year, Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared September as College Savings Month in Georgia, urging families to plan and save for their children's education and take advantage of Georgia's 529 college ...
Savannah Morning News, Ga., Arlinda Smith Broady column.(Column)
Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Arlinda Smith Broady Sep. 14--Kenneth Dunham enjoys being a positive force in the community, but he says that sometimes it can get overwhelming. As the president of the West Savannah Community Organization for nearly 11 years, Dunham has been through the city ...
Activists worry longer docks increase dead grass buildup in marshes.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Landers Sep. 14--Wrack may be the ruin of a stretch of Wilmington Island marsh. That's wrack as in dead marsh grass that has accumulated in mats up to a foot thick in front of Betsy Cain's and her neighbors' homes. The decaying rafts of dead ...
Local health care business has global aspirations.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Sep. 14--A small business that started as a group of professionals providing health care services nearly two decades ago has flourished during the past few years. Founded in 1990, Medical Infusion Technologies administers intravenous solutions at its center in midtown Savannah ...
Savannah, Ga., plans to negotiate costs of curbside recycling.
Sep 11, 2007 ... Byline: Scott M. Larson Sep. 11--A curbside recycling program in the city of Savannah is projected to cost households $1.02 per month. That could cover the entire $737,000 annual cost of the recycling program, said Stephanie Cutter, director of the city of Savannah's ...
Savannah, Ga., tourism officials say business is good.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: Christian Livermore Sep. 7--As they do every three months, local business people gathered with the staff of the visitors bureau to hear what the bureau is doing to bring tourists into Savannah. Savannah Area Convention and Visitors Bureau officials and about ...
Tasters provide raw data on farm-raised fish.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Landers Sep. 7--Researchers and their guests Thursday took a bite out of a fishy problem at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. And then they took another bite. And another. The question put to the sushi-loving panel was this: Which ...
DP Partners begins work on industrial park.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Sep. 5--Nevada-based DP Partners has entered the lucrative Savannah distribution market with LogistiPort, a 72-acre industrial park on Dean Forest Road just four miles from Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal gates. Site work began ...
Time runs out for Victory Drive retailing icon.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Byline: Christian Livermore Aug. 31--It was the early 1950s, so long ago she can't exactly remember the date. While many women were stay-at-home wives, Betty Hagins was starting her own business. She opened Hagins Appliance Service Center at the corner of Victory ...
Gulfstream opens new Savannah Service Center.
Aug 31, 2007 ... Byline: Mary Carr Mayle Aug. 31--With the snip of a ribbon Thursday, Gulfstream Aerospace President Joe Lombardo opened the first phase of the luxury business jet manufacturer's new state-of-the-art Savannah Service Center. The center, which is being constructed in ...
Trainer shows almost mystical ability to communicate with animals.
Aug 30, 2007 ... Byline: Christian Livermore Aug. 30--The man flicks the reigns softly against the horse's flanks. The towering chocolate gelding breaks into a trot, his rider swaying on his back like a ship on the ocean. Two trainers have tried to tame the horse and failed. ...