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  • Kinjo sells t-shirts to benefit Brookdale Warming Center
    Kinjo Kitchen + Cocktails is raising money and awareness for the Brookdale Warming Center once again. This time, you can rock a sweet t-shirt while helping those in our community who need help. The downtown restaurant is selling t-shirts that read “WARMING HEARTS & BELLIES ONE BOWL AT A TIME” and come in two different […]

    July 9, 2021 published by

  • Mental Health Minute: BIPOC Awareness Month
    July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. BIPOC is an acronym for black, indigenous, and people of color. It’s all about raising awareness of the importance of good mental health and mental health services in the minority community. “Historically, our mental health has been ignored almost completely. Much of the research is done on us, […]

    July 9, 2021 published by

  • Second company begins collecting yard, bulk waste
    Beginning Thursday, July 8, 2021 a second company – Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) – will collect yard and bulk waste that is on the curb in front of people’s houses. This is in addition to Ceres Environmental Operations, which began collections last week. Both contracts are set to last up to eight weeks, during which time they will […]

    July 8, 2021 published by

  • Blighted houses knocked down as part of effort to revitalize Pleasant Hill
    On Thursday, July 8, 2021, crews knocked down three more blighted houses in the Historic Pleasant Hill neighborhood. The houses at 365, 373, and 381 Monroe Street were deemed uninhabitable and unsafe, making them the 45th – 47th blighted houses to be removed from a neighborhood in Mayor Lester Miller’s blight fight. “This isn’t about […]

    July 9, 2021 published by

  • GEMA donates extra supplies, PPE to Macon Volunteer Clinic
    On Thursday, July 1, 2021 the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) donated extra and unused supplies from the mass vaccination that was at the Macon State Farmers Market, to the Macon Volunteer Clinic. The Volunteer Clinic received bandages, cotton balls, alcohol pads, face masks and shields, gowns, office supplies, and more. “We had a lot of […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

  • 4th of July government hours, trash pickup
    Macon-Bibb County Government Offices will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2021, to observe the 4th of July weekend. Emergency and law enforcement services will remain operational, including the Fire Department, Sheriff’s Office, and E-911. The Macon-Bibb Solid Waste Department and Ceres will pick up missed recycling, yard and bulk waste Tuesday through Friday that […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

  • Ceres hired to collect yard waste in Macon-Bibb County
    For eight weeks starting Wednesday, June 30, curbside yard waste collection will be handled by Ceres Environmental Operations. The normal collection schedule already used by Solid Waste will be maintained, so people are asked to put their yard waste on the curb by Sunday night of their scheduled week. To find out which week you […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

  • Middle Georgia Regional Library removes fines for youth books
    As of Thursday, July 1, the Middle Georgia Regional Library System removed fines from children’s and teen print materials. The goal is to reduce barriers and increase equity for library users. “We know that for some patrons, paying a fine can be daunting and damper the library experience,” said Sherri Goss, Chair of the Middle […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

  • Macon Mental Health Matters: Canning and Counseling
    As a community, we can often become disconnected from each other and even ourselves, especially this past 18 months as we’ve been separated by the pandemic. With your day-to-day routine, it can be hard to find something that can ease your mind and bring you new friends. The Macon Mental Health Matters group has created […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

  • IT Department celebrates accomplishments with luncheon
    A team that does so much for our community was celebrated Wednesday, June 30 during a fun luncheon with food, cake, and giveaways. “We wanted to celebrate all of the hard work from the past year our people put forth to support, not just IT, but Macon-Bibb,” said IT’s Administrative Support Manager Sandra Yates. The […]

    July 2, 2021 published by

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