Sea Island News

Colleagues mourn jurist's death 12/31/2009 By MARY STARR and ANNA FERGUSON The Brunswick News Senior U.S. District Court Judge Anthony J. Alaimo, a fixture on the federal bench in Brunswick for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday at the Brunswick hospital of Southeast Georgia Health System after a brief illness.

Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony A. Alaimo, whose rulings in the 1970s enforced voting rights for blacks and reformed state prisons, died Wednesday after nearly four decades on the bench.

A continual state of feud and strife prevailed throughout the land, Winston Churchill said of Afghanistan in 1897 : Tribe wars with tribe.

The Cloister at Sea Island is a five star luxury resort built in 1928 with a classic and luxurious hotel where Sea Island visitors can be billeted in elegance and splendor.

Fiji has slipped 25 places on the latest FIFA World ranking and is now ranked 133 out of the 203 countries listed in the ranking.

Nation, at the National Theatre in London, is the latest stage adaptation of a work by celebrated British fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett.

Emily Taaffe as Daphne puts a grass skirt over her crinoline and learns to enjoy life with Mau , played by Gary Carr, in Nation at the National Theatre Photo: JOHAN PERSSON The great Terry Pratchett, best known for his Discworld novels - which strike me as being among the most striking achievements of modern fiction - combines an extraordinary ...

FRANCE followed up last weekend's impressive win over world champions South Africa with a comprehensive victory over an outclassed Samoa side at the Stade de France.

One theme which is rather common through Queensland's history is a failure to recognise important aspects of the past or to value its built heritage.

As a fascinating new season is launched on BBC2, the broadcaster defines the 10 qualities that make art beautiful.

From Christina Wilkie : Senate Republicans and their families will spend the upcoming weekend at one of the nationa s most luxurious golf resorts: The Cloisters and The Lodge at Sea Island, Ga., the site of the National Republican Senatorial Committeea s fall retreat.

Wales 17 Samoa 13:Wales survived a punishing physical examination by Samoa at the Millennium Stadium - but were made to sweat profusely for victory.

WALES coach Warren Gatland has dismissed claims that Blues duo Tom Shanklin and Jamie Roberts are too similar to play together in midfield.

SAMOA flanker George Stowers has warned Wales they will face a more disciplined South Sea Islanders outfit this Friday night at the Millennium Stadium.

Atlanta architect John Portman discussed his work with Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and his son, Jarel, at the High Museum of Art this week.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, include Dorothy Mai Ogden Wright, 82, of Sea Island, Ga.; Nora Jo Medders, infant daughter of Mandy and Lee Medders of Sylvester, Ga.; Sarah Jane Powell, 89, of Moultrie; and Johnna McMillian, 21, of Moultrie.

FRIENDS of Saints' contingent of South Sea Islanders have been affected by the devastating tsunami that hit the Samoan islands and Tonga.

The thin, dangling, curly wisps of gray Spanish Moss draped over huge branches of multi-trunked live oaks are a stunning landscape feature of the southern U.S. coastal low country.

ART FOR ART'S SAKE: Warwick poet and schoolteacher Al Green has started a memorial scholarship fund in his older brother's name for the benefit of Sea Island kids who need help with tuition.

He already has a Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times best-seller under his belt, but author Jeffrey Marx isn't resting on his laurels.