ATLANTA — Georgia’s highest court handed the residents of Sapelo Island a legal victory, allowing a referendum to limit zoning changes on the island to head to a vote. According to a judge’s order ...
It's a victory for the Gullah Geechee residents living in the Hogg Hammock community of Sapelo Island. Voters in coastal Georgia rejected an ordinance that would have allowed the construction of ...
DARIEN — A win at the ballot box this month might not be enough to shape the future for the Gullah Geechee people of Sapelo Island. They face new threats to their way of life even as early voting is ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a win for Black landowners, Georgia’s highest court unanimously sided with Gullah Geechee communities in a long-standing zoning ...
2 days after voters repealed a controversial 2023 zoning change by referendum, commissioners push for rules to limit development on Georgia barrier island. A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters in McIntosh County will have a referendum this month to decide whether to repeal an ordinance that allows houses to more ...
Georgia’s highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community
ATLANTA — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday sided with Black landowners in a fight over zoning changes that weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities ...
DARIEN, Ga. — Black landowners from a tiny island community returned to a Georgia courtroom Friday urging a judge to let them move forward with a lawsuit that accuses local officials of illegally ...
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