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Zunzifest + 14 Arrested For Drug Trafficking + Affordable Housing

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Sammi Caramela, Neighbor
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Happy Saturday, neighbors! These are the most important things going on around town today.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 79 Low: 59.

Here are the top stories in Savannah today:

  1. Zunzi's is teaming up with Cure Childhood Cancer on Sunday for Zunzifest. The South African-inspired restaurant giving away free Conquistador sandwiches to 500 customers and donating 26 percent of its proceeds from all other sales that day to Cure Childhood Cancer. (WTOC)
  2. Fourteen people have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking in a community known as "The Dips" on the west side of Savannah, says the U.S. Department of Justice. Charges levied against the defendants include conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute crack cocaine. (WTOC)
  3. Savannah's Housing Affordability Task Force has laid out a 10-year plan for gradual change in the housing options and the affordable housing-income gap. (fox28media.com)
  4. A house fire that broke out early Friday morning at the 2000 block of Packard Ave. has left five people unharmed but temporarily displaced. (WJCL News)
  5. During a Savannah City Council meeting on Thursday, new City Manager Jay Melder said the city's 2022 budget will "ensure that the one-time infusion of federal recovery funds focuses on equity in Savannah." (fox28media.com)

Today in Savannah:

  • Field trip: Moody Forest WMA - Ogeechee Audubon Society (9:00 AM)
  • Rivers Alive: Liberty County - Ogeechee Riverkeeper (9:00 AM)
  • Historic Foods of Wormsloe - Wormsloe (10:00 AM)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday. See you all Monday morning for another update! If you're into these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors along for the ride. You can send them this link to subscribe. Have a great weekend!

— Sammi Caramela

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

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