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Anitra Chandrasekar of Jacksonville, Fla., (left) poses for her mother, Meena, among the Yoshino cherry blossoms along Ingleside Drive in Macon.

In Macon, the city’s cherry blossom festival chases the calendar amid a changing climate

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 22, 2024
Mulberry United Methodist Church's Chris Abbott places flowers in the Blessed Mother Chapel of St. Joseph Catholic Church for the Old City Flower Festival March 15-18.

Old City Flower Festival returns to St. Joseph Catholic Church

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 15, 2024

Mayor Miller on crime, surveillance cameras, improving roads, choosing elections supervisor and cherry blossoms

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 10, 2023
The Grand Opera House paid tribute to the life and service of Visit Macon's Steven Fulbright who died Tuesday at age 42.

Steven Fulbright ‘lit up every room’ before his untimely death at 42

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 8, 2022
Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Executive Director Caroline Childs addresses the media Thursday during an early Arbor Day celebration at Carolyn Crayton Park. Childs will leave her post at the end of February.

Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful’s leader is stepping down

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 17, 2022
The Cherry Blossom Food Truck Frenzy fills with people swarming to get in line on March 27, 2021.

Lots of Food, Very Little Masks at Cherry Blossom

Larry Sullivan
April 1, 2021

How will Macon spend $70 million in COVID-19 relief? Mayor extends homeless center, talks blight, election reform, economic development

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 26, 2021
The rich history of the blooming Cherry Blossom Trees are a big part of the annual International Cherry Blossom Festival.

Macon’s International Cherry Blossom Festival

Larry Sullivan
March 25, 2021
A change in Georgia law removes food safety enforcement from the Department of Public Health for nonprofit-led events such as Macon's Cherry Blossom Festival.

Health Dept. loses oversight of Cherry Blossom Festival food

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 19, 2021
Master gardener Wayne Woodworth is trying to grow a better cherry blossom tree that will thrive in Macon.

Saving Macon’s cherry trees in a quest for a better blossom

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
March 12, 2021
People crowded together under blooming cherry trees in Third Street Park during the 2019 Food Truck Frenzy.

Macon’s 2021 Cherry Blossom Festival is a go during COVID. Here’s how businesses feel

Jenna Eason, Telegraph Staff Writer
March 1, 2021
Poplar Street will host an outdoor black-tie Fiesta Ball March 19 as the Cherry Blossom Festival moves all its activities outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cost of COVID: Cherry Blossom’s pinkest party pandemic-style

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fello
February 19, 2021
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