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Corps' top general tours Port of Savannah
Much of the money currently on hand for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project will be gone by the end of the project’s first year, making it imperative to secure funding in the fiscal 2016 and 2017...
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Jobless rate drops to 5.5 percent in Savannah area Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate for April was 5.5 percent, down from 5.8 percent in March, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday.This...
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Maritime community remembers its own
For one afternoon in late May each year, a small part of River Street is framed by soaring arcs of water from the fire hoses of Moran and Crescent tugboats and punctuated by peals from a World War II...
View ArticleData shows top employers, jobsin Beaufort and Jasper counties
COLUMBIA - Beaufort and Jasper counties nearly matched the national unemployment rate in the last month, as usual faring much better than South Carolina as a whole. Nationally, the unemployment rate...
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Smith Brothers returns to downtown Savannah with grand opening
Robert and Barbara Anderson, co-owners of Smith Brothers Butcher Shop, are returning to the business’s roots with the grand opening of their new shop Thursday on East Liberty Street in downtown...
View ArticleFuel and potential fires for the U.S. economy ahead
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy should get better after a sputtering first quarter, but how much better? It’s complicated.Steady hiring and low gas prices should help power solid growth through the rest...
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MV Transportation to hire 400 workers next week The Georgia Department of Labor will help MV Transportation hire 400 school bus drivers and monitors for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System...
View ArticleHistoric Savannah Foundation donates $20,000 to save Frogtown cottages
The Historic Savannah Foundation has donated $20,000 to the Coastal Heritage Society to help pay for the stabilization and weatherization of two historic cottages at 536 W. Charlton St. and 342 Purse...
View ArticleNew things on horizon for Savannah Food & Wine Festival
Like a good wine, most things are better with time.The same is true with the Savannah Food & Wine Festival. We’re gearing up for our third year, and we’ve learned a lot in the first two. Some...
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World Trade Center Savannah expands FTZ 104
Foreign trade zones — known by their common reference as FTZs — are big business.In 2013 U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones accounted for the export of nearly $80 billion in merchandise, employed approximately...
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Enmark stations rebranding
Savannah-based Enmark stations are getting a new look, one that executives say better reflects the its commitment to fresh foods, health and other innovations shaping the convenience store...
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Bar Bystander TrainingDate: June 1Time: 10:30 a.m.-noonLocation: Rebel Room at Johnnie Ganem’s Winery and Package Store, 501 Habersham St.Subject: Rape Crisis Center will be presenting session one of...
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BILL O’BRIENNew job title: Certified mentorCompany: SCORE SavannahDuties: O’Brien will mentor new business owners in the areas of accounting, business development, real estate acquisition and business...
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Colony Bank names new Savannah market president
Colony Bank has named Robert Drew Hulsey Jr. as its new Savannah market president.Hulsey will succeed the late Tommy Hester who died in April after a short illness.Hulsey, who has 30 years of...
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Savannah South Rotary Club gives to reading programThe Rotary Club of Savannah South recently made a $1,000 donation for the Live Oak Libraries Summer Reading Program, which will begin June 1. The gift...
View ArticleStarlandia Creative Supply opens on Bull Street
When I asked Clinton Edminster how he expected the Starland area to change over the next few years, he paused for a moment and looked out the big windows of Starlandia Creative Supply.With precision,...
View ArticleGas prices up 3.8 cents in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 3.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.59 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Gas prices up 3.8 cents in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 3.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.59 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of...
View ArticleCertus Bank sells two branches to Queensborough
Queensborough National Bank and Trust Co. announced Monday it has acquired two branches of CertusBank NA, one at 7393 Hodgson Memorial Drive and one at 597 S. Columbia Ave. in Rincon.“These new...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Volvo decision to build plant in S.C. comes into sharper focus
In a recent column, I speculated that Volvo had straightforward, fairly obvious reasons for choosing to build a new manufacturing facility in metro Charleston rather than in metro Savannah. In the last...
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