More federal stimulus money is making its way to Savannah.
Some has gone to road repairs but this time it’s to be used to help those on the brink of being homeless or already homeless.
News Three’s Community Reporter Alice Massimi has more on who will qualify and when you can expect the help to be available.

A popular Southside Savannah Restaurant is getting ready to reopen their doors.   

Do you live, work or travel on DeRenne Avenue?
Then you will probably be interested in the streets future.

There was great weather today for Port Wentworth’s Annual Hay Day Festival.

Do you want to have a spook-tacular Halloween experience and do something to help your neighbors all at the same time?

Some poll places will be different for next week’s election.

Savannah Firefighters are doing their part to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.  You can help them out and get an awesome new shirt tonight.

A water leak had a neigbor concerned each time she drove down 32nd Street.  So, she called News 3.  When News 3’s Randi Hempel arrived, she talked to a neighbor about what the leak means for him.  By the afternoon, city crews were working to fix the issue.  (It was already on their schedule for today.)

About 300 area volunteers worked to build a new playground and community garden at Savannah’s West Broad Street YMCA.

The task is to cut about two million dollars from the City of Savannah’s Public Safety Budget.
The city’s already created a team to look at possible savings.
One of the items they’re suggesting…. the Police Department’s Mounted Patrol Unit.
While an official recommendation to cut the twenty year old unit hasn’t been made… News Three has learned it’s at the bottom of a very long list of priorities.
Community Reporter Alice Massimi spoke with the city and the head of the Mounted Patrol Unit to find out what this could mean for the city’s safety.

A playground within walking distance of every child in America, it’s the goal of a national group known as Kaboom.
This year alone they’ve built more than one hundred and eighty playgrounds throughout the country. Today our area was the lucky recipient.
News Three Community Reporter Alice Massimi was there as hundreds of volunteers helped make this neighborhoods dream come true.

Renovation work at the Tybee Post Theater has been on and off for several years and the doors have been closed for decades.  it’s all because the money just isn’t there.  As News 3’s Randi Hempel explains, work on windows and doors is being funded by a grant, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

Three Savannah Neighborhoods prone to flooding and other drainage issues received some good news: some help is on the way.

Those of us who live in Savannah know how special our squares are, but now they’re receiving national attention.
The American Planning Association has named them one of the Top Ten Best public spaces in the country.
They join the ranks of past recipients like Central Park in New York City, and Union Station in Washington D.C.
News Three’s Community Reporter Alice Massimi was there as the honor was bestowed on the city.

The City of Savannah and their historic squares are being honored by the American Planning Association as one of the 10 great public spaces in the country.

Overcrowded Jails - it’s a topic we’ve told you about for years, but do you know the cost of those extra inmates?
It’s money that’s coming right out of your pocket in the form of tax dollars.
News three’s Alice Massimi has more.

When it rains in Savannah its safe to assume you’ll have some flooding.
For several years now the City has been working to remedy the situation.
“3 On Your Side” Community Reporter Alice Massimi is here to explain that despite those efforts… some neighborhoods still have issues.

Two weeks ago News 3 joined the City of Savannah as inspectors checked out a suspected illegal rooming house. While it had some safety issues, it turned out to be legal.
The owner of the building agreed to make the needed changes, and he was issued a subpoena to make sure those changes were in fact made. But when the owner showed up in court on Monday, he says the city had changed their tune.
News Three’s Community Reporter Alice Massimi met with the owner and the City to find out what’s going on.

Saint Vincent’s Academy and Coastal Pet Rescue are teaming up.
All this year the students at the all girls Catholic School will be volunteering with the non profit animal rescue group.

Look in the Yellow Pages to call a cab…....you’ll, at least, have a lot of choices, two pages worth, in fact.
Does a city our size really need that many? A lot of the drivers will answer that with an emphatic “no” because there are so many now, the dollars are getting stretched way too thin.
Take a ride with News Three’s Community Reporter Alice Massimi and cabbie Shannon Liles. 

More than 700 volunteers spent the morning cleaning up trash on Tybee Island for the Tybee Beautification Association’s Beach Sweep.  Volunteers have a request for beach goers.

Today, hundreds flocked to the beach…not to bask in the sun and swim in the surf, but rather to clean up the trash other beach goers leave behind.  News 3’s Randi Hempel talks with volunteers about the importance of giving their time to make Tybee a cleaner, better place.

Today is National Public Lands Day and hundreds of thousands of volunteers are giving of their time to make our country’s national parks more beautiful places to be.  News 3’s Randi Hempel went to Fort Pulaski today, where volunteers helped landscape among other things.

The 2009 City of Savannah budget is balanced, for now.  It was all part of the fiscal update the city council received today.

He’s used to headlining shows as a member of the award winning duo, Outkast. But this week, Antwan “Big Boi” Patton isn’t coming back to his hometown of Savannah for a concert.  He’s coming back for the community.

How nice would it be to ride your bike up and down the coast of Georgia and not have to worry about traffic or car exhaust?
Well one group is working to make that dream a reality.
News Three’s Alice Massimi has more on this bicycle friendly initiative and how it could help boost the local economy.

It’s fair to say some of you have probably never heard of Sickle Cell or if you have you’re not really sure what it is.   
Well Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic disease that affects the red blood cells. Those cells carry oxygen throughout our bodies. 
It can cause severe pain, strokes, skin ulcers, and organ damage.   
In the United States most people suffering with sickle cell are African American.
Here in Savannah it’s estimated there are at least two hundred cases of Sickle Cell.
News Three’s Alice Massimi has the story of one of those cases and how it’s empowered a family to work for a cure.

Members of the Cann Park Neighborhood, First African Baptist Church and Beating the Odds All Together held a community and family day today. 

West Savannah neighbors turned out Friday evening to take a stand against crime in their community.

Even as other businesses fold in the recession…others are still finding a way to make a difference.
For one Beaufort Business—it’s an act of generosity…that’s so important to the community.
News Three’s Alice Massimi was in the Low Country today…to find out just how many lives the store has touched.