The state of Illinois saved $2.4 million a year by cutting standardized writing exams from high school classrooms earlier this month. In today’s workforce an essential skill is writing, especially when cover letters, emails and other written correspondence can either get you in the door or sha
This weekend, the city of Savannah will be conducting a tour enforcement campaign to ensure the tour guide industry complies with city ordinances. Extra personnel from the city’s Citizen Office and Mobility and Parking Service will be on duty, concentrating efforts in high-tourism areas including
BY SAM REVELEY Since the June 21 pit bull attack on a 7-year-old boy, local woman Cheryl LaBon responded with the Justice for Javon petition. On July 21, LaBon announced reaching her goal of more than 1,000 signatures for the petition. The Justice for Javon petition proposes the following measures t
Muse Arts Warehouse will be featuring multimedia performance “Lovecrafted: An Evening with Cthulhu” at 8 p.m. on Jul 22 and 23. For this performance, Local theater, musicians, artists and technicians join efforts to share “the brilliance of H. P. Lovecraft” through an evening of readings, vi
BY SUSAN KEMP AND AUGUSTA STATZ Many students discover new passions while attending college. Zhouping Ren, or Echo as she was known by friends, was no different. After two quarters in the graduate painting program, Ren encountered a new creative outlet: metals and jewelry, and even considered switch
Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police are still searching for a man who attacked two women this past weekend. After 11 p.m. on July 16, officers responded to a call of an attempted abduction on the 200 Block of River View Drive. The victim told the police she was grabbed from behind while taking out
The Savannah-Chatham county Court Appointed Special Advocate program (CASA), a children’s advocacy program, announced partnership with the Mansion on Forsyth Park/Martinis at the Mansion for its July event CASA Carnival. At this casual, networking event, 12 local Savannah celebrities will be annou
By Augusta Statz Name: Nathaniel (Nath) Milburn Major: Motion Media Design Graduated: Spring 2011 Hometown: Danville, Ky. Just months after graduating with a degree in motion media design, Nathaniel Milburn won first place at Animation Magazine’s 10th annual Pitch Party 2011 contest. The panel of
By Carlos Serrano It’s been 10 years since the first “Harry Potter” film was released. In that time, more and more people have been drawn into the “Harry Potter” craze. Director David Yates had the unenviable task of adapting the final novel into film in a way that woul