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Savannah Morning News This letter was submitted by Kristopher Monroe, chair of the Savannah-Chatham County Historic Site & Monument Commission. Savannah's brand is its historic character. There are of course numerous individuals and community organizations who regularly engage in various efforts to protect Savannah's historic integrity, but there are also a number of boards and commissions who do that work in an official capacity. It's easy to imagine a city commission as a panel of faceless bureaucrats twiddling their pens and shuffling papers, but at least for the board I've served on for...

The Earth Day program I watched recently on television gave me a lot of food for thought. It covered aspects of the subject that had never occurred to me and caused me to evaluate my own actions and choices. I am constantly looking for ways to lighten my footprint on this Earth that provides… More Headlines

The Independent MASSILLON – About a dozen curious seeds showed up on a cool Friday morning to give life to a tree in Community Park. Representatives from the city of Massillon, FirstEnergy electric service company and Wright Tree Service assisted with a tree-planting ceremony to honor Arbor Day. "This is something we do (about) every year at a different Massillon park," said Steve Pedro, director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Last year's Arbor Day celebration was canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis, Pedro said. First Energy donated a small pine tree that was planed in a n...

Apr. 27—NEWBURYPORT — The field for five at-large City Council seats has become far more crowded with former Councilor Ed Cameron and current Tree Commission Chairperson Connie Preston pulling nomination papers. Cameron, 59, had been on the council for 10 years before leaving office in 2017, while Preston has devoted her roughly six years in the city with the Tree Commission and also as a ...