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Healthy Savannah discusses new smoking ban, more green space
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Savannah Morning News
Cutting out smoking in all local businesses - including bars and other small businesses - is top among the new goals of Mayor Otis Johnson's Healthy Savannah 2012 Initiative.
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MLK Food Lion gets green light
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Savannah Morning News
Rarely does the Savannah Zoning Board of Appeals' approval of a variance prompt grip-and-grin photo sessions and celebratory lunches.
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4 neighborhood groups set the tone for citywide action
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Savannah Morning News
Four groups are recognized for their efforts and set the tone for a city plan to increase involvement in all neighborhoods.
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Chatham to consider $310,000 sale to Savannah
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Savannah Morning News
As a deadline nears, Chatham County Commissioners will consider Friday ridding themselves of a problematic water system located within Savannah and supplied by Pooler.
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Small-Toney choice for interim city manager
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah City Council members Thursday asked Assistant City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney, director of the Bureau of Public Development, to move up a rung as interim city manager effective May 3.
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Savannah City Manager halts search for assistant
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah City Manager Michael Brown has suspended his search for a new assistant city manager after consulting with Mayor Otis Johnson, Mayor Pro Tem Edna Jackson and his staff.
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Savannah recognizes neighborhoods' efforts
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Savannah Morning News
City recognizes efforts in youth organizing, community cleanups.
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Hunt for a leader begins
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah City Council members Thursday will lay out their process for hiring a new city manager.
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Willie Lovett sworn in as Savannah-Chatham police chief
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Savannah Morning News
Willie Lovett says he was told not to expect a honeymoon as the newest chief of the Savannah-Chatham police department. That's OK by him.
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Campaign aims to get locals to visit downtown Savannah
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Savannah Morning News
A brand and marketing campaign aimed at attracting greater Savannah residents to downtown Savannah has been under way since late last summer to help bring as many locals as tourists to the city's center.
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Historic board OKs Broughton McDonal
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Savannah Morning News
The proposed McDonald’s on Broughton Street received an important blessing Wednesday from the Savannah Historic District Board of Review.
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Search narrows for Savannah assistant city manager
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Savannah Morning News
City Manager Michael Brown hopes to name a new assistant city manager before May 3, his last day in office.
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Construction, financing slow at city's end of Savannah River Landing
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Savannah Morning News
City of Savannah officials hope to have drainage and road improvements around Savannah River Landing under way at year's end, but making progress on the work continues to face obstacles.
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New Savannah River Landing owners committed to Oglethorpe plan
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Savannah Morning News
A completed Savannah River Landing will indeed look like the rest of Savannah's historic district, with city founder James Oglethorpe's grid-and-square layout.
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As Garden City pursues annexing Southbridge, Savannah officials urge delay
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Savannah Morning News
If everything goes flawlessly, Garden City and Southbridge by the end of this legislative session may have all the authority they need to pursue annexation.
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Council can't stop tire shredder
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Savannah Morning News
Alderman Clifton Jones found sympathy Thursday, but not the voting support he needed from the rest of the City Council in trying to overturn zoning and planning decisions that are allowing a tire-shredding operation near a residential neighborhood.
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Police eye 'bug farm' for admin, training complex
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Savannah Morning News
Tucked behind the Derst Bakery and surrounded by a rusting barbed-wire fence lies a 9.75-acre solution to many of the Savannah-Chatham police department's building needs.
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Savannah OKs energy conference funds
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Savannah Morning News
The Savannah City Council on Thursday agreed to contribute $50,000 toward an effort to create an international clean energy conference in Savannah in 2011.
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New Forsyth fountain no place for play
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St. Marys Tribune and Georgian
City officials, worried about broken fixtures and safety, call a temporary halt to the Forsyth Park water attraction.
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Savannah Fire launches investigative unit
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Savannah Morning News
This month, Savannah Fire & Emergency has become one of 32 agencies across the state to have an investigative unit separate from any law enforcement agency.
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Savannah City Manager Michael Brown resigns
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah City Manager Michael Brown announced Friday he will end his 15-year leadership of the city May 3 to become county manager in Arlington, Va.
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Brown Departure: Loss for the city
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah City Manager Michael Brown's decision to return to his home state will leave a hard-to-fill void.
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Hitch Village demolition begins
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Savannah Morning News
When Earline Wesley Davis, executive director of the Housing Authority of Savannah, donned a hard hat and climbed into the 30-ton excavator, it was the first step to a planned summer-long demolition of 49 dwelling units in a $1.6 million project.
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Willie Lovett ascends to chief of Savannah-Chatham police department
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Savannah Morning News
After almost 37 years on the force and two turns as interim chief, Willie Lovett on Wednesday was named the intended choice to become the next Savannah-Chatham chief of police.
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Metro Police: Top cop
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Schley County News
As Savannah-Chatham's next police chief, Willie Lovett has his work cut out for him.
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