MEASURING tape around her neck, Diana Smock sits at a sewing machine, presses a switch and makes it hum. From her cozy Wilmington Island shop, Smock upholsters furniture, makes pillows, […]
Lanie Lippincott Peterson
Posted inArts, Entertainment & Film
Dressed to kill
As Nancy Cox works in her Garden City store, black bats and an evil-eyed witch with claws for hands hang from the ceiling. Nearby, past the battle axes, fake blood […]
Posted inNews
Not a shore thing
ANGER IN his voice, Tybee Island City Councilman Eddie Crone railed against a local law that kept property owners from building on coastal sand dunes for years. Under Tybee’s seven-year-old […]
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Wolves at the door
Oatland Island director Chris Gentile is showing a visitor around his latest exhibit when a shaggy wolf appears behind them. About a foot away, the gray wolf takes offense at […]
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Branding Oatland
The Oatland Island Wildife Center is only a few miles from her home, but hairdresser Kai Moser, 25, has never gone to see it. The place doesn’t sound that interesting, […]
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Squirty’s run
AS HUNDREDS of beachgoers cheered, a two-year-old sea turtle named Squirty lumbered to the water’s edge and then, strong flippers pushing against the waves, swam toward the ocean—and freedom. Watching […]
Posted inCommunity
Have gun, will travel
ON THE SIDE of city buses, large ads show the photograph of a bail bondsman—a big man fiercely scowling at the world. But in his office on Chatham Parkway, bail […]
Posted inSpecial Issues
Stolen kisses
PUCKER UP, SAVANNAH. As this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade winds through downtown Savannah, look for young women dressed in green to run toward the marchers and kiss surprised fire […]