WESTPORT — Dozens of people from as far away as New Jersey came to town Saturday afternoon to enjoy a rare visit to a local landmark on the Hummock Island Oyster Tour. Owned and operated by Jeff ...

County commissioners in Georgia face a lawsuit from Black residents in Hogg Hummock, a historic island community, over zoning changes. Zoning changes in the county doubled the size of houses allowed, ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. - Residents of one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants submitted signatures Tuesday, hoping to force a referendum on whether to reverse zoning ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing local officials of race discrimination when they approved zoning changes to one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of ...

DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island vowed to keep fighting Tuesday after county commissioners voted to double the maximum size of homes allowed in their tiny ...

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) - Jeff Northrop was working at a hedge fund in New York City three years ago when a casual conversation with his dad changed his career path for good. Little did he know, his ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who have weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last ...

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Make-A-Wish holds fundraising gala to grant wishes for children with illnesses Make-A-Wish on Saturday held an event to raise funds to grant wishes for Rhode Island children fighting illnesses. Food ...

PROPERTY developers have revealed the litany of skilled and unskilled workers needed to build the $950 million Hummock Island resort. Earthmoving, building, landscaping, construction supervision, ...