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Police seek vehicle involved in weekend homicide
Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are asking for the publics help in finding the vehicle seen leaving the scene of a shooting Saturday night that left one man dead and another in critical condition. Police believe a silver or gold-colored SUV left the scene. The vehicle has tinted windows and witnesses say it had some type of…
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‘Fear not’ Editor, Welcome, Christmas. Thank God you’re here again. Now, more than ever we need your unique healing power. Chaos and confusion grip our bruised, divided and hurting world. Fear and hate continue to fuel violence, terrorism and war. Pandemic greed and lust for money and power have devastated our economy, plunging more and…
City council meeting ends in tears
MAYOR OTIS Johnson’s face was set in stone, the only indication of his agitation the constant rocking of his chair. The setting was the Dec. 18 city council meeting, the last of the year, and certainly the most contentious so far. The mayor and aldermen argued about nearly everything on the agenda, and the tension…
Alternative to the bar scene
REACH WAAAAAY back into your childhood. Remember how much fun it was to play Hungry, Hungry Hippos? Or Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em robots? Maybe board games were your forte: Scrabble, chess. Or action games such as Twister or Pictionary. Then there were video games, ranging from Pac Man to Super Mario Bros. Now picture yourself…
Mr. Johnson goes to Washington
FIFTH GRADE is a lot busier these days than it was when I was a kid, but 10-year-old Juwon Johnson handles his full schedule with enviable ease. Monday through Friday is school time at Haven Elementary, where he’s in the SEARCH program for gifted students and on the debate team. Saturdays are spent at his…
Ah, the old ‘take a bite out of crime’ line
A K-9 officer literally took a bite out of crime and sent a suspect to the hospital on Dec. 19. Officers were searching for Kareem Rashaam Wilson, 35, of Savannah, a possibly robbery suspect. Around noon on Dec. 19, officers spotted Wilson with a stolen Lexus at a car wash behind a Parker’s at the…
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Lead Story In several European countries, identifying the “naughty” kids at Christmastime is not Santa’s job but is left to unsavory legendary icons who have endured for centuries (according to a December series of articles in Germany’s Der Spiegel). In Italy, determinations are made by the extremely ugly witch La Befana, who has the ability…
Do satellites crash into each other?
As I stare into the beautiful dark sky above my home in Hawaii and see the stars and satellites, I ponder the possibility of “space accidents.” With all those satellites, are there any collisions? Who oversees all those orbits? Is it just a stellar free-for-all? — Roy Orbits Son No, but it’s not iron discipline…
Bobby Lee Rodgers rings in the New Year
WHILE FANS OF SINGER (AND WHIP-ASS GUITARIST) BOBBY LEE RODGERS may know him best from his role as the frontman of the internationally known original pop-fusion band The CodeTalkers, this former Berklee School of Music instructor and prolific tunesmith has spent years collaborating both onstage and in the studio with a fairly dazzling array of…
A White Album Christmas
ENGLAND’S HIPPEST music magazine, Mojo, recently devoted 30 full pages, over two issues, to the 40th anniversary of the two-disc album the Beatles released at the tail end of 1968. Not once in the entire spread did Mojo use the album’s proper name. For the record, its title is The Beatles. Because it arrived artfully…
Ghosts of Christmases past
BACK IN the early 19th century, New Year’s got all the glory in Savannah. Christmas was a holiday for the children, but the adults had their fun on New Year’s Eve. Celebrations at the Isaiah Davenport House probably reflected the family’s Scottish heritage, says Jamie Credle, director of the house museum. “We think they celebrated…
New releases: Marley & Me, Benjamin Button, etc.
Curious Case of Benjamin Button The sort of groveling Oscar bait that would only dare be released in December (no other month would have it), David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is this year’s equivalent of Tim Burton’s Big Fish: a desperate lunge by a normally exciting genre-filmmaker to earn some year-end accolades…
Everything else that’s out there
Milk The Oscar-winning 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk offered a flawless look at the career of this passionate progressive, so it’s a testament to the richness of Gus Van Sant’s direction and Dustin Lance Black’s screenplay that this fictionalized version feels authentic in every movement. Like Good Night, and Good Luck (another movie…
Moira Nelligan’s Celtic Christmas show at The Bean
Moira Nelligan *** This rare local appearance by an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist and singer of Irish heritage (with family ties to the Savannah area) finds the beguilingly-voiced Nelligan out in support of her latest independent CD, Christmas Folksongs. The record, which is available through CDBaby.com and DecaturCD.com features folk songs and fiddle tunes from the…
Shawn Mullins returns to Randy Wood’s
BY THE TIME Shawn Mullins signed his first major label record deal in 1998, he was already something of a veteran of the industry. At only 30 years of age, the Atlanta born and bred guitarist had already recorded and self-released five indie albums and become pretty adept at managing his own career. With the…
Extended Shawn Mullins Interview
LOOKING AHEAD TO HIS UPCOMING ACOUSTIC GIG at Randy Wood’s Concert hall in Bloomingdale, Shawn Mullins and I caught up with each other for the better part of an hour via phone. The full interview is below. It’s good to talk to you again. How are you doing? Shawn Mullins: I’m good, man. I have…
Hosting Yoshi
ONE OF SAVANNAH’S favorite sushi spots has moved. Sushi Zen, once on Whitaker Street, now occupies the space at 30 MLK Jr. Blvd. A ribbon-cutting, attended by various city officials and Sushi Zen Chef Yoshi, happened this past Tuesday afternoon. The city folks were there primarily because the facade of the new Sushi Zen was…
“Letters Entertain You”
“Letters Entertain You”–No theme, just sweet, sweet vocab. by Matt Jones You need Java enabled to view the crossword applet. If you do not have Java installed you can obtain it from java.com. If do have Java you may need to check your security settings to make sure that applets are enabled, especially if you…
Diary of the planet
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Diary of the planet
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