U.S. homebuilding dips, but year best since '07
WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction slowed in December but ended 2013 with the best showing since the housing bubble burst.The Commerce Department said Friday that builders broke ground last month at a...
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Sam’s club to host cookout for food bankSam’s Club at 1975 E. Montgomery Crossroads will hosting a cookout Sunday to benefit Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia’s “Raise the Roof” campaign.The cookout...
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Deadline looms for Panama Canal expansion dispute
PANAMA CITY, Panama — On a hot September morning, a powerful explosion demolished a rocky slope on the banks of the Panama Canal, announcing to the world a massive expansion that the canal’s managers...
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Historic Preservation Foundation donates to Savannah Habitat
The Historic Savannah Foundation has donated $5,000 to Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity to help supplement funding needed to complete Habitat’s first LEED certified home on West 42nd Street.The new...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Which downtown Savannah expansion areas are most likely to attract...
Tuesday’s City Talk looked at the new Embassy Suites on West Oglethorpe Avenue and the relatively quick pace of development in the general neighborhood.The blocks around the Embassy Suites are clearly...
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Report: Georgia's infrastructure still lacking
Georgia is one of the top states in the country for logistics, but you’d never know it based on its infrastructure, according to the state’s civil engineers, whose recently released report gives...
View ArticleMILITARY UPDATE: COLA fix creates have, have-not military retirees
Congress has rushed to protect medically retired and survivor benefit recipients from the cap on annual cost-of-living adjustments it approved only a few weeks ago for all “working age” military...
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A prime strip: Along Pooler Parkway, speculation and development abounds
Driving down Pooler Parkway, from the I-95 interchange near Sam’s Club down to the I-16 exit around Savannah Quarters, one gets a vague idea of what Bugsy Siegel saw flying over the Nevada desert on...
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Newmakers
CYNTHIA WRIGHTNew job title: InternCompany: Carriage Trade Public Relations, Inc.Duties: Wright’s responsibilities will include media relations, writing press releases and awards, photography,...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) coursesDate: Jan. 20-24 Time: 7:30 a.m.Location: Georgia Tech Professional Education’s Savannah campus, 210 Technology CircleThose interested in...
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Health care professionals to offer screeningsSkidaway Island United Methodist Church will hold a health and wellness fair Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Bailey Hall at 54 Diamond Causeway. The event is free...
View ArticleGas prices drop in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 3.2 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.24 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Gas prices drop in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 3.2 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.24 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleCity Talk: Bluffton, New Orleans among cities struggling with noise ordinances
Savannah is not the only city having a public debate about its sound ordinance.Just last week, the Bluffton Town Council tabled a proposed noise ordinance with some pretty strict limits that would have...
View ArticleFastPitch business competition deadline Jan. 27
The deadline for The Creative Coast’s three-minute business-pitch competition is looming and if previous submissions are any indication, Savannah’s entrepreneurs are brimming with bright ideas — from a...
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Shriver, Beck headline latest Gulfstream speaker series
Dealing with unplanned and unexpected change can test even the most organized, put-together person. Maria Shriver would know. The former news anchor, Emmy-winning journalist and best-selling author has...
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Wedding insurance expands as nuptials get pricier
HARTFORD, Conn. — Worried about the groom getting cold feet? There’s an insurance policy for that.With the cost of the average American wedding reaching about $26,000, insurers have been selling a...
View ArticleGulfstream expansion to create 100 jobs in Brunswick
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. is expected to create 100 jobs when it expands its service center at the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport in Brunswick, Gov. Nathan Deal announced today.The company signed a...
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Nominations open for Georgia’s outstanding senior volunteerHome Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, is looking for nominations of people 65 and older who give at...
View ArticleResolve to make an estate plan this year
You’ve said it before. This year, I will make a will. This year I will make sure that my family is provided for, just in case.You know you need to. You know that an estate left intestate creates a...
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