Chatham Emergency Management Agency Update: Public Comment Period Open for Chatham County Hazard Mitigation Plan Draft The Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) has released the draft Chatham County Hazard Mitigation Plan for public review and comment. The Hazard Mitigation Plan serves as a roadmap for reducing the community’s vulnerability to natural and human-caused hazards. It identifies potential risks, such as hurricanes, flooding, and severe storms, and outlines long-term strategies to protect lives, property, and critical facilities throughout Chatham County. Public input plays a vital role in shaping the final plan. CEMA invites residents, businesses, and community partners to review the…
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Black Arts & Culture Feature: Interview by Sinéad Gosai Your new novel, Let The Fish Fly, was published in September. Can you tell us about the themes it explores and what you hope readers take away from it? The central theme of Let The Fish Fly is simple yet transformative, we all have the choice to live the life we’ve been given, either with burden or with grace. According to Vedanta, our body and the circumstances we are born into are the result of our past karmas. The soul, at the moment it leaves one life, carries a certain state of consciousness…
Black History & Cultural Viewpoints: Quintard Taylor providing the 2016 Denny Lecture at the Gallery of Background and Industry in Seattle, WA. Photo by Joe Mabel (CC BY-SA 4.0) Quintard Taylor Jr., chronicler, author, and teacher, was a leading scholar in the locations of African American history and the history of the American West, along with the visionary owner of BlackPast.org, the globe’s greatest on the internet African American and Worldwide African encyclopedia. Birthed in Brownsville, Tennessee, in 1948, to Quintard, Sr. and Poise Taylor, Taylor found his durable interest for Black history while a student at George Washington Carver…
Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers From DC is Justice in Aging’s weekly roundup of national news and resources about issues impacting older adults. To receive From DC in your inbox as soon as its published, sign up for our mailing list. Here’s what we’re watching in Washington: Millions at Risk of Losing SNAP Food Assistance in November The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently sent a memo to states, warning that funding for SNAP food assistance will be insufficient to pay full November SNAP benefits if the government shutdown continues. This news has led to at…
Real Estate News & Market Insights: We need to consider those factors as we look at last week’s data. Pending home sales did rebound last week, but not to the exact level that the data seems to show. The same holds true for our new listings data and inventory data. Let’s take a look. Weekly pending sales Last week’s existing home sales report showed another year-over-year increase in demand, up 4.1%.This is something I talked about many months ago: if the sales trend stays flat around 4 million — given the low bar in 2025 — we should see growth…
Mr. Earnest Henley 80, of Brunswick, died November 26 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick. The funeral service will be held at 11am Friday at St Paul Church Baptist Church, 1929 Albany St., in Brunswick. The body will be placed in the church a hour prior to the service. Interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery, 3301 Newcastle St., Brunswick, Georgia. L.W. Jackson Family and Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Upon submitting your memory, please refresh your page to view your condolences. Source link
Mrs Letha Copeland 61, of Brunswick, died November 22 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, Georgia. The funeral service will be held at 11am Saturday at New Glory Christian Center, 3326 Norwich St., in Brunswick. Interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery, 3301 Newcastle St.,Brunswick, Georgia. L.W. Jackson Family and Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Upon submitting your memory, please refresh your page to view your condolences. Source link
Ms. Natasha Jones 42, of Brunswick, died November 24 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick. A walk-thru service will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday in the chapel of L.W. Jackson Family and Mortuary, 76 Stafford Ave., in Brunswick. L.W. Jackson Family and Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Upon submitting your memory, please refresh your page to view your condolences. Source link
SAVANNAH – Mrs. Mentoria Louvenia German Bradley, 84, entered eternal rest, early Sunday Morning, August 3, 2025 at Candler Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Mentoria German Bradley, daughter of the late Donald Jackson-German and Maggie Lou Williams-German, was born October 8, 1940, in Screven County, Georgia. She received her early education in Sylvania, Georgia, a graduate of Central High School, Class of 1958. Upon moving to Savannah as a young woman, Mentoria secured employment at Willie Brown’s Cafeteria where she met the love of her life, Mr. Walter I. Bradley, Jr. They were joined in holy matrimony in 1967,…
View The Obituary For Mr. Joey Spencer. Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Mr. Joey Spencer on this permanent online memorial presented by Campbell and Sons Funeral Home. Source link