University of Georgia Armstrong Atlantic News

The Savannah-area economy is stabilizing in the wake of recent economic hardships, according to a quarterly report from the Coastal Empire's leading economic study.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Neurath Sr. of Rincon are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Carla Alaine, to Michael Aaron Newton, the son of Mr.

Snow Hill Primary School Principal Brenda Hagan was recently named the 2009-2010 Greene County Schools Principal of the Year.

A temporary fee that's mandatory for every student attending Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities will double in January after the schools' governing board approved it Tuesday.

On the morning of November 20, students from Woodville Tompkins Technical and Career Institute got the oppertunity to view presentations from colleges all over Georgia and surrounding areas.

How close is too close? There's already a gun shop, but now they want to open a range.

A man was struck by a vehicle and killed late Monday night while crossing Abercorn Street on foot, according to Savannah-Chatham police.

It's not everyday that you see men running in heels, but on Saturday some men and women strapped on their finest pair and raced for a good cause.

The Savannah Children's Book Festival, today in Forsyth Park, is a great opportunity to get your child excited about reading.

The Savannah College of Art and Design showcases the School of Fine Arts with the inaugural deFINE ART festival through Saturday.

Novelist Julie Otsuka's acclaimed When the Emperor Was Divine has been adapted for the stage by Peter Mellen of Armstrong Atlantic State University, and the college's Masquers theater troupe is performing a staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Editor's note: Today marks the fourth installment in a series of profiles on the 2009 teachers of the year, by school.

The final chapter in a monthlong study of the Federal Writers Project, a Great Depression initiative that brought jobs and paychecks to such future literary fixtures as John Steinbeck, Studs Terkel and Richard Wright, will unfold Thursday at the Jepson Center for the Arts.

New Covenant Social Hall, formerly the Epworth UMC Social Hall, 2201 Bull St. The Epworth Community Players will present the musical.

With a performance of The Katrina Project: Hell and High Water , the Savannah Arts Academy Theatre Department will perform in the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland next summer.

The park bench made famous by "Forrest Gump" now sits in the Savannah History Museum.

Armstrong Atlantic State University and the AT&T Foundation have teamed up to help at risk students in our area.

News last week that Brewton-Parker College is closing its Liberty County campus was disappointing, It was especially disappointing with reports from many schools that the current economy has driven hordes of laid-off workers to colleges seeking new work skills.

Mikki Garcia, senior director of the Savannah-Chatham public schools' Department for Exceptional Children, was awarded the 2009 Phil Pickens Leadership Award by the Georgia Department of Education's Parent Mentor Partnership on Oct.

The proposed city ordinance that would reduce the number of licenses for taxi cabs in Savannah represents an exquisitely timed and perfectly appropriate 'teachable moment" for the students in my Public Choice economics class this term.