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Armed robbery suspect caught
Metro Police have arrested Andre Kareem Morrell, 21, a suspected armed robber, and his 15-year-old accomplice. Morrell is accused of a robbery that occurred Thursday, Dec. 11 at the corner of Iris Street and Eddison Avenue. Police had sought the public’s help is finding Morrell. The victim, who was not injured, was robbed at gunpoint…
Burglary suspect nabbed at pharmacy
A 45-year-old Bloomingdale resident was found hiding in a storage area at a local pharmacy. Police responded to the Prescription Shop on East 65th Street after burglary suspect Tracy Young tripped an alarm. Officers from Precinct 3 were dispatched to the shop. They found no signs of forced entry, but when the store manager arrived,…
You can’t be serious
Lead Story One of the world’s best-known strategists on the game of checkers passed away in November. Richard Fortman was Illinois state champion six times, and in the 1970s and 1980s published a seven-volume handbook on rules and tactics. Many people now considering the game would be astonished to know that, as in chess, there…
‘Storytelling is my life’
A SCAD professor and alumnus (1993) Jason Maurer has co-written and co- directed an animated feature film now in studios nationwide. The film, Delgo, a retelling of the familar Romeo and Juliet story set in a fantasy world, was made by the comparatively small indie animation house Fathom Studios in Atlanta. It features voiceover talent…
New releases: Seven Pounds, Yes Man, etc.
Seven Pounds The last time Will Smith teamed up with director Gabriele Muccino, the result was the box office smash The Pursuit of Happyness. With their latest collaboration, it seems as if the pair were engaged in the pursuit of crappyness. That might sound like an especially harsh pronouncement for a film that seeks only…
Everything else that’s out there
Slumdog Millionaire I’m not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he’s unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the “feel-good” movie of the year, but that’s the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire, the latest…
Jobless in Savannah
KIM, the other morning, was crying. At 19, she has two children. Stephen is a bubbly two year-old; Antoine, nine months old, is quieter, preferring to bury himself in his mother’s lap. Their father vanished a couple of months ago, not even leaving a note. “He never was good,’’ Kim said simply. “I was…stupid.” Round…
Grease is the word
IT’S AMAZING what a makeover can do for a 70-year-old. Roll on a fresh coat of paint and replace her worn-out innards with sparkling new Space-Age parts, and this 70-year-old is racing over the cobblestones at up to 25 miles per hour. Meet the long-awaited, highly anticipated River Street streetcar. The streetcar, which dates to…
‘Tis the season to make wishes
EVEN FOR those of us long past believing in Santa Claus or Harry the Hanukkah Man (who visited our Christian household every year when I was a kid), it’s hard to avoid making holiday wishes during December. My personal holiday wish list includes just one item: an HD television delivered to my door by February,…
Grand Theft Odd-O
A FAST-FOOD worker was walking home from work one afternoon, playing games on his PSP as he walked. The man walked down Middleground Road and turned east onto Mohawk Street, when a car stopped ahead of him. A passenger in the vehicle jumped out and approached the victim. He pointed a small, black, semi-automatic handgun…
Blue for boys, pink for girls. Why?
I came across a piece of information that said that in the first half of the 20th century, pink was a boy’s color while blue was a girl’s color. But it didn’t say why the colors switched. —Jay B. You’re telling me that, once upon a time, the color for boys was pink? Let me…
Dixie kitchen diva
DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE from which you look at Sallie Ann Robinson’s life, you might see a celebrity chef, an author of two acclaimed Gullah cookbooks, a devoted caregiver, or a very knowledgeable guide to the fading native culture of Daufuskie Island. In the case of Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) producer Michael Britt, when looking…
Review of Milk
The China Syndrome, Wall Street and even Casablanca are examples of movies that happened to be in the right place at the right time, dovetailing with real-life incidents that mirrored what was happening on-screen. Milk follows suit: Though set in the 1970s, it couldn’t possibly be more relevant. For that, we have to blame those…
“Circular Logic”
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Billy Joel & Twyla Tharpe’s Movin’ Out
Billy Joel & Twyla’s Tharpe’s Movin’ Out While I can’t deny that Billy Joel certainly has a way with a melody, and —at times— a knack for penning lyrics that tap quite efficiently into the mood of his peer group (and, by extension, ancillary demographics), I’ve got to say that I’ve always found him to…
The Blind Boys bring down the house at Café Loco
THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT’S BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA SHOW found what seemed like a near-capacity crowd at Tybee Island’s laid-back seafood restaurant Café Loco on fire with the sounds of full-tilt Southern gospel and fierce Delta soul. The concert was beyond intimate (the result of a last-minute venue change after Hilton Head’s Shoreline Ballroom —which…
Slideshow: Biodiesel streetcar makes first run
THE FIRST alternative-fuel streetcar in North America made its maiden voyage down River Street on Tuesday as part of a Climate Action Parade. On board were Mayor Otis Johnson, city aldermen and other civic leaders. The parade was held to mark National Climate Action Week, which begins Dec. 15. The streetcar is the latest of…
Diary of the planet
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Hill named interim director of Savannah Waterfront Association
KENNY HILL has been named interim executive director of the Savannah Waterfront Assocition. Hill replaces Rick Lott, who recently resigned. I am very excited and ready to lead the association as it continues to bring quality events to River Street and improve the experience of the merchants, visitors and locals alike, Hill says. Hill has…
Ride the streetcar this Saturday
The public is invited to a free test ride of Savannah’s fully restored River Street streetcar on Saturday, Dec. 13 from noon to 7 p.m. The streetcar will pick up and drop off passengers at the base of the Barnard and Lincoln street ramps. Testing of the streetcar and training of its operators is under…
