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Gas prices drop in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 8.7 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.37 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleJetBlue coming to Savannah is good, but how good?
According to data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the 100 largest airports, Savannah/Hilton Head International had the fifth highest fares in the nation in the first quarter of...
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'GTA' creator Rockstar thrives by breaking the law
Rockstar Games doesn’t play by the rules.Not that anyone would expect the creators of the massively successful “Grand Theft Auto” franchise to operate like other game designers. And while that’s...
View ArticleAs Fed meets this week it faces many uncertainties
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is being engulfed by the one thing it tries to prevent: uncertainty.Will the Fed take its first step Wednesday toward reducing the extraordinary stimulus it’s given the...
View ArticleMPC blesses revised museum party policies
Score one for the downtown Savannah’s house museum operators in their fight for their right to party.Pending approval from the Savannah City Council, the city’s zoning ordinance will be amended to...
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This week in BiS:• When Tiffany Taylor was in the ninth grade3, she established a goal: “I would try to live the American dream with my art.” She has succeeded.• Jeffery Quasha, the executive chef at...
View ArticleGeorgia Power plans southside electrical grid upgrades
Georgia Power is ready to boost the juice on Savannah’s southside.The utility will host a pair of informational meetings today addressing what it has labeled the Little Ogeechee-Truman Parkway 115...
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SCORE helped save her from 'business hell'
In 1989 when I was living in Nuremberg, West Germany, with my husband and my 2-year-old daughter, I got a phone call from my father from Old Town Alexandria. It took a few seconds and a lot of static...
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We're painting the town coral
Storefronts are being painted or pressure washed and crosswalks touched up along Broughton Street in preparation for filming live action scenes for the animated “SpongeBob SquarePants 2” movie...
View ArticleJekyll agency maps 'bigger' island
JEKYLL ISLAND — The Jekyll Island Authority board adopted a draft master plan Monday that increased the island’s size by 1,340 acres since the 1992 master plan that will likely set off a public...
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Target awards grant to Habit SavannahHabitat for Humanity Savannah has received a $3,000 grant from Target to help defray the costs of Habitat Savannah’s homeownership program.Virginia Brown, Habitat’s...
View ArticleTLC forming concierge association
Sally Kruger is the ultimate professional.A travel agent in Atlanta for 25 years, she moved to Savannah and has been working the concierge desk at the Hyatt Regency Savannah for the past four years.She...
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Critz Tybee Run Fest donates $70,000 to nonprofits
The Critz Tybee Run Fest announced a contribution of $70,000 of race proceeds to the Savannah Community Foundation on Wednesday.Race officials said the funding was made possible by sponsorship support,...
View ArticleOur economic times: Higher education policy
Attaining higher education is inextricably tied to one’s future earnings capacity and increases the nation’s productivity as a whole. Alas, tuition levels at historic highs present financial challenges...
View ArticleSurprise from Fed: No pullback in bond purchases
WASHINGTON — In a surprise, the Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy because its outlook for growth has dimmed in the past three months.The Fed said it will...
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Liberty County firm included in MIT manufacturing study
MIDWAY — Elan Technology, a Liberty County manufacturer, is among 255 companies worldwide selected to take part in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study on whether manufacturing can be...
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Shipwatching made easy
Retired University of South Carolina professor emeritus Ted Moore, who put a model of the oceangoing tug named after him on long-term loan with the Savannah International Trade Center, has agreed to...
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Village at Pooler Parkway retail center adds tenants
18 confirmed retailers, more to come, in Pooler shopping centerThe Outlet Mall of Georgia and its still undisclosed tenant list may be the talk of Savannah-area shoppers, but another under-construction...
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The One Hundred helps buy equipment for The Children's Hospital
The One Hundred, a nonprofit organization that supports The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center has given the institution a check for $130,000 to buy equipment.“One of the items...
View ArticleHome Depot to cut benefits
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Home Depot is eliminating the limited medical insurance is has offered to its many part-time employees.The change means those workers will either seek coverage from new public...
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