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GPA's 'other port' is No. 1 Brunswick terminal leads nation in imports of new...
While all eyes are on deepening the huge container port on the Savannah River, big things are going on down the road in Brunswick, where GPA’s Colonel’s Island Terminal is now No. 1 in the country for...
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Steak 'n Shake opens first restaurant in Pooler
The steakburger has landed.Pooler’s new Steak ‘n Shake held its grand opening Thursday morning, marking the popular burger chain’s first entry into the Savannah market — and it may not be its...
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Tesla recharging station opens at Savannah airport
Tesla Motors, the California-based maker of the popular high-end Model S electric sedan, opened its first Supercharger location in Georgia on Tuesday at the Savannah/Hilton Head International...
View ArticleSavannah unemployment rate stalls at 6.7 percent in December
Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate ended the year stalled at 6.7 percent, the state labor department announced Thursday.Savannah’s non-seasonally adjusted rate was the same as November’s, though down...
View ArticleHeritage Financial income grows in '13; Atlantic Coast Financial reports loss
ALBANY — Heritage Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HBOS), the holding company for HeritageBank of the South, has announced net income of $11.3 million or $1.50 per diluted share for 2013.That’s up 67...
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Visit Savannah hangs new historic district banners
Effective this week, new banners designed by Visit Savannah and influenced by social media are hanging on lamp posts throughout the Historic District and on Hutchinson Island.For the first time, the...
View ArticleObama's myRA plan seeks to boost retirement savings
Few topics lit up Twitter during the State of the Union address like myRA — President Obama’s proposal for a beginner’s retirement savings program aimed at getting more workers to start socking away...
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Georgia Power donates $25,000 to Armstrong 'commitment fund'
Cathy Hill, vice president of Georgia Power’s Coastal Region, has presented Armstrong Atlantic State University president Linda M. Bleicken with a check for $25,000 to benefit the Armstrong Commitment...
View ArticleOMB increases indirect cost reimbursements for nonprofits
Recently this column highlighted problems that arise for nonprofits when private foundations and corporate funders don’t support reasonable overhead cost reimbursement in their grants.Ignoring these...
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Senate resolution asks for Brunswick dredgingATLANTA — Congress is being encouraged to create an annual cycle of dredging at the port of Brunswick in a state Senate resolution introduced before the...
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HELEN BACONNew job title: AttorneyCompany: Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe, LLPRelated work experience: Bacon’s practice is in the fields of real estate, commercial and construction...
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MWBE informational meetingMembers of the public and area businesses are invited to attend a meeting hosted by Mayor Edna B. Jackson to discuss the city’s procurement process and how businesses can...
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New Goodwill job-finding center to open On Friday, Feb. 7, Goodwill of the Coastal Empirewill open a Job Connections Center in remodeled space at its headquarters at 7220 Sallie Mood Drive. A...
View ArticleCITY TALK: A walk through downtown Savannah in the storm
I took a long walk through the beautiful, deserted streets of the Historic District on Wednesday evening.I left my house in Thomas Square just a little after 6:30 p.m., and the roads were already as...
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Thunderbolt Marine 'Boatyard of Year'
Less than five years ago, Thunderbolt Marine announced it would begin a massive, $5 million-plus expansion of its yacht repair and refit business — an expansion designed to put Savannah back on the map...
View ArticleTrade Center set to change management
Even before it opened its doors in May of 2000, the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center on Hutchinson Island was under an exclusive management contract with SMG, the nation’s largest...
View ArticleRelief for Georgia shrimpers may come too late -- if at all
J.B. Riffle lost tens of thousands of dollars in the last shrimping season but survived because of personal loans from friends.“I’ve been fishing for 42 years, and we had the worst year ever last...
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Americans grapple with income inequality
ASHBURN, Va. — The wealthiest county in America is settled deep in 4 a.m. slumber when Neal Breen threads the mini-mansion subdivisions and snow-blanketed fairways on his way to open shop.There’s two...
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Second RPM Autoworx repair shop to openRPM Autoworx will hold grand opening party Feb. 14 to celebrate the opening of a second repair shop, RPM2, at 8434 Waters Ave. at the Montgomery Crossroads...
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Georgia's foreign trade growth relies on deeper ports
Georgia’s deepwater ports in Savannnah and Brunswick are critical to keeping the state globally competitive, Chris Carr, Georgia’s Commissioner of Economic Development, told a standing-room-only crowd...
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