Free Post 'They just fish for crime': How Flock does a lot more than just read your license plate Savannah's Flock data is shared by over 1000 law enforcement agencies across nearly all 50 states. “Why would a police department in Kentucky need to access our license plate records in Savannah?”
Free Post Where the Flock are the cameras? A visual explainer The two largest Flock clusters in the City of Savannah are at two separate Home Depot locations.
Free Post Local attorneys score rare victory against ICE “Our client had spent months in ICE custody with no bond hearing, when she was entitled to a bond hearing under the law.”
Free Post No notice, no studies: Citizens get frustrating non-answers at data center open house "This is the IDA's deal. We didn't approve this," said County Commissioner Forrest Floyd. "This was the Industrial Development Authority. There was no approval from the Commission. The project's already been approved [by IDA]."
Free Post Area environmental groups collab to create the interactive Warehouse Dashboard digital tool Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Savannah Riverkeeper, and One Hundred Miles have teamed up to offer this interactive, crowd-sourced environmental and economic resource.
Free Post MPC approves unusual group request to rezone multiple Thomas Square properties to commercial “Not only is it historically appropriate for this building to be commercial, it’s also appropriate in the present day,” said one property owner.
Free Post 'An expansive and divisive conversation': Savannah Stage Company performs ROE in wake of overturn of women's right to choose “This play is not a civics lesson,” adds SSC Artistic Director Jayme Tinti. “The relationship between the two women helps theatricalize it. It’s a portrait of real women whose lives became symbols, whether they wanted to or not.”
Free Post Rumors quashed and serious community issues discussed as new restaurant in Starland is approved “Our street looks like something from a theme park, but it’s not a real residential street. Not one house on that street has a single family living there. It’s all Airbnb’s.”
Free Post Slow Fire BBQ set to take over Baby's General Store “I’m just curious as to why the MPC was making recommendations as to which type of alcohol” Slow Fire can sell, City Manager Jay Melder asked.
Free Post Everything's dumb: My hot takes on the primary elections Nepo baby Jim Kingston has virtually no track record to recommend him for congressional office, but he does have that well-known last name. And that, apparently, was more than enough.
Free Post A local music scene in mourning The wave of online eulogies for Oisin on my feed was as voluminous and heartfelt as I’ve ever seen. Oisin obviously had a deep and profound impact on just about everyone who interacted with him.
Free Post 'Changing conditions' around Forsyth Park cited in support of wedding venue Crucial to the conversation is the fact that due to current generous regulations in the Victorian Neighborhood, for either TC1 or TC2 zoning the venue isn’t required to provide any additional parking whatsoever.
Free Post 'It was like Hiroshima went off': West Chatham residents worry about continued environmental threat as area growth patterns change 'Over the years my property has shrunk since I purchased it. Water now runs around my property on the front part of the road. The markers surveyed are not right. It affects me big-time.'
Free Post 'Better late than never': MPC approves wider buffers between industrial and residential areas “The MPC and City and County staff acknowledge that current zoning ordinance which contain potential 40 feet buffers are inadequate for the intense industrial uses we are seeing now,” said MPC staffer Subhashi Karunarathne at the April 21 meeting.
Free Post Marbled & Fin takes Savannah dining-and-drink scene to the next level One thing I especially appreciate about the décor at Marbled & Fin is they didn’t try for a faux-historic or hokey “Southern” patina to pander to tourists.
