Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Local legend and jazz icon Ben Tucker was killed when a car hit his golf cart on Hutchinson Island yesterday.
The 82-year-old was crossing Grand Prize of America Roadway from the club house to the employee parking lot when he was struck by the Chrysler 300 driven by Robert William Martin, 52, of Spicewood, TX. Grand Prize of America Avenue is a former road race track on the island.
Martin has been charged with racing, vehicular homicide in the first degree and reckless driving. Investigators said Martin was "traveling around Grand Prize of America Roadway at a high rate of speed."
Details of Tucker's burial service are still pending.
Tags: Ben Tucker , jazz
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Georgia Power vice president Cathy Hill presented the Telfair Museums with a check for $25,000 to support free family programming at the Jepson Center. Family Days are offered one Saturday each month from 1 to 4 p.m., featuring "free hands-on activities designed to be fun and educational," the museum says.
Tags: Telfair , Jepson Center , Georgia Power
There will be an unveiling ceremony Thursday at 2 p.m. for a new "hands-on, interactive" xylophone being installed in Forsyth Park on the west side of the bandshell.
Savannah Mayor Pro-tem Van R. Johnson, City Manager Stephanie Cutter, Healthy Savannah Coalition members, Savannah Arts Academy staff and students will join with City staff for the event.
The unveiling celebration will include "pre-school students who regularly use the park and a musical demonstration of the new xylophone by students from the Savannah Arts Academy."
Funding for the xylophone was provided through a Cities of Service Grant.
Monday, June 3, 2013
The Georgia Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Georgia Ports Authority has scheduled a brief closure of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge to vehicular traffic beginning at 12:30 p.m. until 12:45 p.m., Wednesday, June 5.
"The transitory closure will be utilized at low tide for the safe clearance of the containerized vessel. Minor delays
can be expected in this area for the duration of the closure," a spokesperson says.
