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🌱 National Adoption Month + COVID Survivor Reunited With Nurses

Here's a five-minute guide to what's going down today in town.

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Good day, people of Savannah! It's me again, Sammi Caramela, your host of the Savannah Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 75 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Savannah:

  1. November is National Adoption Month, and Savannah's Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are working to help children find their forever families. With over 300 children in the Chatham County foster care system, CASA trains community volunteers that advocate for children's best interest in foster care. (WSAV-TV)
  2. After 39 days spent in a Savannah hospital battling COVID, Jessica McCollough reunited with the doctors and nurses who saved her life. The COVID survivor was greeted with laughter, tears and hugs, as nurses who had seen her at her darkest hour were overjoyed to see her recovered and well. (WJCL News)
  3. One of the first Christmas events of the season, the Holly Days Bazaar, is underway at St. John's Church on Madison Square in downtown Savannah. (WTOC)
  4. The White House's plan to fix the Port of Savannah has a local trucking company on edge about potential rising costs. (WJCL News)
  5. Savannah State University is hosting its first Alumni Business Pitch Competition to allow Tiger entrepreneurs with a business concept or an existing business the chance to win seed money and mentorship opportunities. (savannahceo.com)
  6. Many of Savannah's iconic live oaks may be reaching the end of their lifespan. (WSAV-TV)

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Today in Savannah:

  • Parker Ramsay, The Goldberg Variations (6:00 PM)
  • Downtown Delilahs Modern Burlesque Cabaret (9:30 PM)

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— Sammi Caramela

About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."

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