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Brookhaven City Council members approved an alcohol pouring hours extension for NBA All-Star Weekend, despite the scaled back event and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms warning for people not to come to Atlanta for the game. (Shutterstock)
BROOKHAVEN, GA Bars and restaurants in the city of Brookhaven will be able to serve alcohol longer for the National Basketball Association s All-Star Weekend in March, per a Brookhaven City Council vote Tuesday.
The NBA chose Atlanta for its scaled back version of the annual All-Star Weekend, now a one-day only All-Star Game on March 7. But Brookhaven council members approved the pouring hours extension for the whole weekend from March 4 through March 8 in a 3-1 vote.
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#BlackHistoryMonth – Famous footsteps of first shoemaker Matzeliger
Article by February 12, 2021
Whenever one puts on a pair of shoes, one should undoubtedly remember the name Jan Ernst Matzeliger.
Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852, in Paramaribo, Suriname known at the time as Dutch Guiana. Matzeliger’s father was a well-to-do Dutch engineer, and his mother was Surinamese. Showing mechanical aptitude at a young age, Matzeliger began working in machine shops supervised by his father at the age of 10. At 19, he left Suriname to see the world as a sailor on an East Indian merchant ship. In 1873, he settled in Philadelphia.
After settling in the United States, Matzeliger worked for several years to learn English. As a dark-skinned man, his professional options were limited, and he struggled to make a living in Philadelphia. In 1877, Matzeliger moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, to seek work in the town’s rapidly growing shoe industry. He found a positio