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Chouette de te savoir parmi nous à nouveau.

I just heard one of my friends say this. Given the context (where I just got back to my old stomping ground), I can safely assume that "savoir" is used here in the sense of "t'avoir parmi nous à nouveau", "te retrouver/revoir parmi nous".

But how does "savoir" compare to these other variants? A couple of usage examples wouldn’t go amiss, either.

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You shouldn't discard savoir. Être (or a similar verb) is implicit here, the meaning being:

Chouette de te savoir [être] parmi nous à nouveau.

Chouette de savoir que tu es à nouveau parmi nous.

so the meaning is

Glad to know you are among us again.

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  • Hi. I'm not sure what you mean by "discard" here. :) – Con-gras-tue-les-chiens Apr 6 at 11:26
  • To get rid of. You remove it from your interpretation (t'avoir, te retrouver). – jlliagre Apr 6 at 11:41

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