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Actor and playwright Michael OLeary, right, discusses his play Breathing Under Dirt with Joshua Hale, left, and Newton Collier at the Griffith Foundation headquarters on Mulberry Street in April.

Soap star debuts original play set in Macon at Douglass Theatre

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 25, 2023
Downtown bars to reopen and county issues solid waste moratorium

Downtown bars to reopen and county issues solid waste moratorium

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 22, 2023
Bruce Elementary School Principal Kizzie Lott endures one of about 20 dumps of water on her head courtesy of students with good school attendance. It was one of the periodic rewards Lott gives students to incentivize them and their parents to prioritize school attendance.

Bibb schools grapple with spike in chronically absent students

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 21, 2023
Staff and board members of the State Charter Schools Commission visited Cirrus Academy on Aug. 23, 2023, to discuss the schools eligibility for renewal of its charter contract. The current two-year probationary charter expires in June 2024.

Cirrus Academy faces new scrutiny from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 20, 2023
Macon Area Habitat for Humanity is nearing completion of its first three houses in Napier Heights.

3 Habitat homes launch Napier Heights revitalization near Mercer’s new school

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 18, 2023
Cirrus Academy in July 2016.

Cirrus Academy works toward compliance after notice of violations from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 14, 2023
Recreation upgrades planned; New restaurant denied alcohol license

Recreation upgrades planned; New restaurant denied alcohol license

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 13, 2023
Attorney Bill Larsen tells the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission that his client wont be able to do anything with less than half-acre along the railroad tracks on Forsyth Road as long as its zoned residential.

Neighbors reject retail center, billboard; P&Z OKs fitness centers, downtown renovation

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 12, 2023
Robert Lee Cohen, 87, takes the MTA paratransit bus to a dialysis center in east Macon three times weekly. Cohen moved to Macon from Buffalo, New York, in 2021. Here you got to have a car to get around, Cohen said. The new technology will call Cohen before the MTA bus arrives so he doesnt have to wait in the elements. It would make things easier, Cohen said of the bus tracking system.

Real-time tracking by phone, Wi-Fi coming to Macon Transit Authority buses

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 11, 2023
Commissioners grapple over downtown security measures, hiring minority contractors

Commissioners grapple over downtown security measures, hiring minority contractors

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 7, 2023
ENVOCOREs Colby Barnes reaches into the meter box at the Macon Water Authority, which is upgrading to Automatic Meter Reading technology, or AMR.

Water bills higher? MWA cites new meters in technology upgrade

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 5, 2023
Cirrus Academy governing board members conduct a meeting Aug. 29, 2023, via Zoom as staff and members of the public are present in-person.

Violations of state charter contract threaten future of Cirrus Academy

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 1, 2023
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