Tethel White Brown co-founded Montessori of Macon and was the first African American editor of The Macon Telegraph's Georgia Living section. Her family and friends remember her as someone who always gave her all and encouraged folks to be their best.
Folks came together Monday morning at the historic Linwood Cemetery to honor those who served in the military. The Veterans Day ceremony took place near the final resting place of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Rodney M. Davis.
Macon-Bibb County's new Affordable Housing Fund will incentivize developers to build in Macon by offering better rates. The Housing fund was established last year using ARPA funds.
Macon's Chess and Community program connects a young community to both the game of chess and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Regional director, Chuck Henderson, calls chess intergenerational and intercultural.
Last Saturday, a "Souls to the Polls" caravan, meant to mobilize and encourage the Black community to vote, caravaned through Macon. Led by the deaconess at Ekklesia Christian Worship Center, Kim White, the caravan visited several Black neighborhoods on its two and a half hour tour through town.
In Georgia, a household of two adults, one infant and one preschooler would need $76,200 annually (with tax credits), according to the research center’s household survival budget for 2022.
This weekend, the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church will host the 17th annual Greek Festival. This family-friendly event will include Greek cuisine, church tours, music and Areti dancers.
Mayor Lester Miller has opted to not authorize the donation of a plaque in honor of a Black Confederate fifer. He invited leaders from Macon's NAACP and the local branch of the United Daughter's of the Confederacy to have an open conversation on the topic.
Folks came to Temple Beth Israel Monday evening to hold a vigil on the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted an ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.
The Woolfolk family burial plot, memorializing the victims of an infamous Georgia murder case, has been restored after vandals damaged the grave site in July.
