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Jul
29
2021
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By Troy Warren
Savannah: hotel evacuated after Wednesday night bomb threat

Savannah: hotel evacuated after Wednesday night bomb threat

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By Tim Darnell, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com A bomb threat resulted in the evacuation of a Savannah hotel Wednesday night.   Local police closed the streets surrounding the Hyatt Regency Savannah in response.   Police alerted the public after 11 p.m. they were investigating a bomb threat. Shortly before 1:30 a.m., police gave the all-clear. No details have been released on the threat’s origin. In Other NEWS    
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Jul
28
2021
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By Troy Warren
Savannah: rental market surges in price, plummets in inventory

Savannah: rental market surges in price, plummets in inventory

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By Zoe Nicholson, Savannah Morning News, Ga. (TNS) Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com Jul. 27—Lili Ugarriza was running out of time and luck. She found out a month ago the Ardsley Park house she’d been renting for the past year was going to increase $900 a month in price. She said she tried to extend the lease until December, but her landlord declined. Then, Ugarriza got a text: she had 60 days to move out. Since mid-June, the Colombia native has been in a mad dash to find a place for her and her partner to live. Showings are canceled within 45…
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Jul
27
2021
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Savannah: Savannah becomes first major Georgia city to reimpose mask mandate

Savannah: Savannah becomes first major Georgia city to reimpose mask mandate

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By Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com Mayor: ‘We’re on a very dangerous trend’ The city of Savannah is once again requiring the use of masks to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more than a year after it became the first city in Georgia to impose a requirement for face coverings.   Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said Monday that he reinstated a mask mandate he let lapse in May to combat the spread of the highly contagious delta variant after seeing new cases in surrounding Chatham County spike and efforts to vaccinate more residents stall. Johnson said that he didn’t…
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