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Federal judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles Russ Bynum, Associated Press © Photo courtesy Caretta Research Project A loggerhead returns to the water after digging her nest on the beach at Wassaw. A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge the Brunswick shipping channel, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches. Popular Searches The injunction by U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker delivered an initial setback to the Army Corps of Engineers. The agency is trying to end a policy that for 30 years limited t...

20 years as food writer reaps many delicious rewards Damon Lee Fowler He took the words right out of my mouth. When I came to Savannah four decades ago, a master’s degree in architecture in one hand and license to practice in the other, I would never in my wildest dreams have imagined that I’d spend fully half of that time as a food writer for the Savannah Morning News. But nine cookbooks and over 500 columns later, here I am. It began in 2000, with a call from then features editor Anne Guidera, asking on behalf of managing editor Dan Suwyn if I’d be interested in writing a regular cook...