A penny saved may be a penny earned.  But the extra pennies from this year’s tax returns won’t be jingling in piggybanks for long.

Savannah small business owners are invited to learn how to survive these troubled economic waters during the 3rd Annual Small Business Confernce Tuesday.  This year’s keynote address will be given by Suzanne Shank, Vice-Chair, President and CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank & Company LLC.  She’s a graduate of Johnson High School and has been recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “50 Most Influential Black Women In Business” and one of the “75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street.“

Tourism remains a golden goose for Coastal Georgia, despite all the economic dips, shakes and shivers experienced by much of the nation in the latter part of this decade.

A month into Savannah’s new recycling program, curbside pickups are still not on schedule, but they’re getting timelier.

A suspicious powder found inside an envelope Thursday at Savannah Christian Church turned out to be non-hazardous. 

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Animal Control Unit is offering the first Rabies Clinic for dogs and cats for 2009. 

In the Super Bowl of dog shows, a bichon frise with SAvannah connections was a winner.

History was made January 5, 2009, as Toni (Barnes) Tolbert Dixon was sworn in as fire chief of decatur, GA.  Dixon is the first African American and first female to become fire chief in Decatur, outside of Atlanta.  She is also the fourth black female fire chief in the nation and the 32nd female to become a fire chief in the nation.

Museums team up with Google Earth to bring beautiful works of art to you. 

Beach High School in Savannah and Screven County Middle School in Sylvania are among five schools who will be honored during the National Youth-At-Risk conference in Savannah next month.

Get out your green early!  The Savannah Irish Festival begins Friday, February 13th!

The Greater Savannah Coalition on Aging and its partners are presenting a day-long symposium entitled “A Blueprint for Action:  Livable Communities for All Ages,” Experts from across the nation will be presenting on the issues surrounding the impact of an aging population on local communities. 

The Super Bowl is the one football game of the year where almost anyone can find something enjoyable.  If you’re not a football fan, there’s always the commercials.  If the commercials aren’t your thing, there’s always a good party to attend.  And with parties come food.

February 7, 2009, has been designated National Black HIV?AIDS Awareness and Information Day.  Read more here.

Location, location, location.  It’s the mantra of Realtors everywhere.  But it may also be the reason a mighty tree long since gone from most of the Georgia landscape may get another chance to thrive.