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Macon’s zoning commission voted 5-0 Monday to deny an application for Dollar General to build a store at 6855 Thomaston Road in Macon. The commission heard testimony Feb. 11 for and against the plan. → Read More
The Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission heard a lot of testimony Monday for and against a Dollar General going at 6855 Thomaston Road. But it decided to wait until next meeting Feb. 25 to vote. → Read More
Dollar General plans to build a store at 6855 Thomaston Road with a later phase to include a convenience store, gas pumps and other commercial if rezoning is approved. Several neighbors do not want it. → Read More
Country music star Drake White will headline the main concert during the 35th Cherry Blossom Festival, March 22-31. Ronald McDonald clown to be parade grand marshal, actor Michael O’Leary as celebrity marshal. → Read More
Mercer University’s Innovation Center and the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce have collaborated to develop a program designed to connect people who want to start a business with how to get it done. → Read More
Gene Watson saw a need for an alternative shuttle service downtown Macon and partnered with HopOn Athens to create HopOn Macon. Three low-speed electric vehicles will travel three routes and provide free rides. → Read More
American Red Cross Central Midwest Georgia office at 195 Holt Ave. plans to sell that building and to move to 6080 Lakeside Commons Drive in north Macon. The Red Cross has owned the building since 1944. → Read More
A new restaurant serving sandwiches and seafood plans to move into the former Zeafood Time building at 2330 Riverside Drive. Anna and Jeoff Huang, who own Teriyaki House, also on Riverside Drive, bought it. → Read More
Proposed shopping center on Hartley Bridge Road would add up to five new businesses. A Florida company has applied to Macon-Bibb zoning office to allow the development at 4617 Hartley Bridge Road. → Read More
Houston, Texas-based Cadence Bancorporation, the holding company of Candence Bank N.A., announced Wednesday it has completed its merger with Georgia-based State Bank Financial Corp. → Read More
Hundreds of people attend the 23rd annual Anita Ponder and Friends Christmas Feast held at Terminal Station in Macon on Christmas Day. More than 225 volunteers help serve the meal, provide clothes, toys. → Read More
Brittany Childs, who was hired by the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority in April 2014 as an administrative assistant, has filed a lawsuit says she was fired in 2017 because she is a black woman. → Read More
Smith and Sons Foods Inc., more commonly known as S&S Cafeterias, changed ownership in late September. It’s new CEO is Rick Pogue, who has long history with Luby’s cafeteria in Texas. → Read More
Atlanta developer The Bishop Co. said an unauthorized copy of a conceptual site plan posted on Facebook for a proposed shopping center in north Macon could cause issues with potential tenants. → Read More
Marla Kaplan, a Macon native, and her husband Ben Hampton of Atlanta have bought Satterfield’s barbeque restaurant in Macon, will retain the name and some of the menu items. → Read More
Macon businessman Todd Miles plans to open Macon Smiles LLC, a dueling piano bar, Friday at 570 Mulberry St. in downtown Macon. The audience is encouraged to participate as the pianists put on a show. → Read More
Some residents opposed plans for a Dollar General at 4397 Jeffersonville Road, Macon because of crime and traffic issues. Zoning board approves rezoning to allow the store. → Read More
Ten charging stations are being built on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard in north Bibb County. The eight Tesla stations in downtown Macon near the Visitors Center stay busy. → Read More
Jackie Schultz plans to open a dog and cat daycare and boarding facility in Lizella if approved by Macon’s zoning commission and she gets the license needed from the state. → Read More
Ashley HomeStore furniture store in Macon has been acquired by Russell Turner Furniture which will renovate the store and change it to an outlet store -- the first one in Georgia. → Read More