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ANGELA JAMES New job title: Project coordinatorCompany: Rives E. Worrell Co.Duties: James is responsible for subcontractor and vendor contracts, invoice processing, vendor compliance and administrative...
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MJAC hosts job skills trainingDate: April 21-24Time: 10 a.m.-noonLocation: Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410-B Richard St.Sponsor: City of SavannahRegistration: Registration is required as seating...
View ArticleGas prices in metro Savannah edge upward
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 2.7 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.64 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Apple offering free recycling of all used products
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Mud run raises $10K for Savannah charities
Mud run raises $10K for Savannah charitiesThe Big Nasty Mud Run x5 on April 5 brought more than 1,200 competitors from as far away as Connecticut and raised $10,000 for local charities, according to...
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CITY TALK: Shopping for vinyl at Graveface -- on Record Store Day and every day
When I got to Graveface Records & Curiosities on West 40th Street just after lunch on Saturday, the store had already had a big day.Earlier that morning, a line was waiting for the store to open,...
View ArticleThawing out: Warmer temperatures lift U.S. economy
WASHINGTON — Spring’s thaw is reviving the economy, too.A recent batch of government and business reports show a U.S. economy emerging from winter’s deep freeze.Economists had expected the growth to...
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Supreme Court to hear dispute over Internet TV broadcasts
WASHINGTON — Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, big media companies are back and now trying to rein in another technological...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Goodwill announces May job fairs
Goodwill announces May job fairsGoodwill of the Coastal Empire will hold 10 job fairs May 6-9 at which employers will share information about their organizations and employment opportunities. Various...
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Waving Girl coming out of shadows
It’s one of Savannah’s most enduring — and endearing — stories.For 44 years, Florence Margaret Martus (1868-1943) lived on nearby Elba Island with her brother, the Cockspur Island lighthouse...
View ArticleSavannah unemployment up slightly in March
More layoffs and more people looking for work caused metro Savannah’s unemployment rate to increase by one-tenth of a percentage point in March, the state department of labor announced Thursday. The...
View ArticleFor airlines not named United, it was a great 1Q
DALLAS — Even with the turbulence of severe winter storms and stubbornly high fuel prices, many of the major airlines are cruising and their stock prices are soaring.Mergers have reduced competition...
View ArticleStudy: U.S. manufacturers gaining competitiveness
WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturers have grown more competitive over the past decade compared with factories in China, Brazil and most of the world’s other major economies.So says a new private study,...
View ArticleA new phase for HandsOn Savannah
In June, the long-time director of nonprofit volunteer resource HandsOn Savannah will leave United Way to take on a new career challenge. It will be a new phase for HandsOn Savannah, too.Shirley...
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Youth mentors needed for GoodGuides programGoodwill of the Coastal Empire is seeking positive role models for the GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program, which helps kids between 12 and 17 build career...
View ArticleFive strategies for busy families to stay healthy
Paula Kreissler, who serves as director of healthy living and community development at Healthy Savannah Initiative Inc., will take her message on how to keep families healthy to a public forum...
View ArticleWellness programs become popular with employers
That little voice nagging you to put down the cake and lace up the running shoes is increasingly coming from your employer and is likely to grow louder with a looming change under the federal health...
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Savannah featured in Georgia TrendThe April edition of Georgia Trend magazine features a lengthy article — titled SAVANNAH: STRETCHING OUT — on Savannah’s push for economic development.The article...
View ArticleHow One West Victory fits into Savannah's urban landscape
When One West Victory is a little closer to completion, this column will take a closer look at the interior spaces and at any new businesses that set up shop there, including Hugh Acheson’s restaurant...
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I-16 flyover removal project enters new phase
In November 1968, the Interstate 16 flyover into downtown Savannah opened to traffic for the first time, heralded in local newspaper clippings as the latest and greatest addition to the relatively new...
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