Community members will gather on Poplar Street in downtown Macon Saturday for a Hands Off non-violent rally, organized by local coalition Macon Rising. The National Day of Action protests the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of several programs and services.
Greek iconographer Aristidis Kovaci and his team will complete iconography in the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church on First Street by the end of this week. Kovaci’s work is part of the fourth phase of the church’s Project Agape — an effort to install church furnishings, flooring, lighting and iconostasis that began 10 years ago.
The Macon-Bibb County Affordable Housing Fund is still figuring things out after nearly two years of working to attract developers to build affordable housing in targeted areas.
Community members slid into the wooden pews of Macon’s historic Steward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church to celebrate 160 years of worship. Founded in 1865 from a congregation of formerly enslaved people, Steward Chapel holds a storied history in Macon.
Dr. Edward Clark and his family participated in their first Macon Cherry Blossom Parade in 1999 and since then, riding tractors and playing jazz has become a family tradition.
The Wiener Dog Race has been a staple of Macon’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival since 2019. This year it will be held on Cherry Street March 22 at noon.
The three-year program, in partnership with five local school districts, is funded by a 2022 federal grant for $9.6 million.
A mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard depicts a portrait of King looking onward, flanked by cherry blossoms and New Zion Baptist Church, where he visited 12 days before his assassination. The mural's making can be seen in the documentary “Made For A King,” premiering next Friday, March 21, at the Douglass Theatre.
For nearly 200 years, deed books detailing the transactions of enslaved people remained tucked away inside the Bibb County courthouse. In 2013, Superior Court Clerk Erica Woodford finally uncovered this long forgotten piece of Macon history.
Harrell's & Son's barber shop opened in Greenwood Bottom 60 years ago and is still operating today. Brandon Harrell is a third-generation barber carrying on his family's legacy.
