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Coldwell Banker Platinum Partners recognizedColdwell Banker Platinum Partners was honored for its performance during the past year with a Five Star Award from the Cartus Broker Network during the...
View ArticleWhy U.S. economic growth has disappointed this year
WASHINGTON — Like an underachieving student, the U.S. economy isn’t living up to the high hopes it began the year with.Consumers have been uncharacteristically frugal, even as the country added jobs...
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MLET graduates 16 student interns
On Tuesday, the Maritime Logistics Education Taskforce proudly graduated 16 students from the third annual MLET Spring Internship Program.The students, from Effingham College and Career Academy,...
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'Women Who Rule' draw a crowd
It started two years ago as a fundraising luncheon, sponsored by the United Way Women’s Council as a way to raise awareness of the issues facing low-income women in the community.That first “Women Who...
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Chamber to host military appreciation luncheonThe Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Council will host its annual military appreciation luncheon at noon Thursday, May 21 at the Westin...
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Savannah's international visitors outspend domestic tourists
His South American audience was first moved emotionally, and then, Joseph Marinelli hopes, literally. The president of Visit Savannah recently played the artsy YouTube video “Savannah in 100 Blinks”...
View ArticleSharing tourism in our public schools
Before the school bell rings for summer, most of the children in Georgia public schools will be exposed to several different careers. It’s all part of the state requirement called the College and...
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Rayonier Foundation donates $150,000 to Wayne County agencies
JESUP — The Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation recently awarded $150,000 in direct grants and designated United Way matching grants to area public schools, agencies and nonprofits. Jack Perrett,...
View ArticleSavannah's port positioned for 'perfect storm' of growth
The rest of the country is beginning to discover something Savannah’s maritime community has long suspected was coming: Georgia Ports’ Garden City Terminal, already the fourth-largest and fastest...
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Stability balls a hit with young and old
The proper chair is essential to a comfortable and healthy work environment, especially for those who spend a great deal of time at a desk. Or you can swap your chairs for a ball — a stability ball, to...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Chromatic Dragon serving food, fun on MLK
You might one day catch me playing Scrabble, Battleship or even Monopoly at The Chromatic Dragon, but I’m not familiar at all with most of the board games at the new restaurant and bar at 514 Martin...
View ArticleAmtrak told to expand speed control at crash site
AMTRAK TOLD TO EXPAND SPEED CONTROL AT CRASH SITEPHILADELPHIA — Federal officials announced Saturday that Amtrak must immediately expand its use of a speed restriction system on Philadelphia’s...
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Northeast Corridor is slowly falling apart
NEW YORK — The trains that link global centers of learning, finance and power on the East Coast lumber through tunnels dug just after the Civil War, and cross century-old bridges that sometimes jam...
View ArticleSC ports head: Scrubbers, new fuel negate shore power need
SC ports head: Scrubbers, new fuel negate shore power need CHARLESTON— The head of the South Carolina Ports Authority says low-sulfur fuel and scrubbers in cruise ship smokestacks negate the need for...
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New cooking school to open TuesdayChef Darin Sehnert, the former cooking school director of the 700 Kitchen Cooking School at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, will open his own school next week.Sehnert’s...
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Pooler Chamber of Commerce, Visitor BureauDate: May 19Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Crosswinds Golf Club, 232 James B. Blackburn DriveSubject: May Lunch and LearnSpeaker: Dana Stevens, account...
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Newsmakers
ED LAWSONNew job title: Chief executive officerCompany: The Blood AllianceRelated Work Experience: Lawson has been the organization’s chief operating officer since March 2013 and succeeds Valerie...
View ArticleMetro Savannah gas prices up nearly three cents
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 2.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.52 gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Savannah port records 25.8 percent increase in April
The Georgia Ports Authority continues to break its own records, with tonnage, containers and autos at an all-time high for April.“And this is on top of unbelievable numbers last year,” GPA executive...
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Gas prices up nearly 3 cents in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 2.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.52 gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey...
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