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Also inside
12 Editor's letter
19 Faces
32 Solving capers with
Nancy Drew
34 Lauretta Hannon:
Songs from a vanished
neighborhood
53 Discover Townsend
2026-2026 Concert
Calendar
77 Four reasons people put off
planning their estates
81 Shareef Cousin's America
90 The road to East Macon
94 How Stuff Works: The clerks
who record history
102 Macon Inner Spaces
explores mid-century revival
114 Fitness: Is this the secret
to getting fit without
even trying?
116 Eat Where I Eat:
Ghost Runner Pizza.
118 Virgil Adams has advice
on how others might
see downtown.
120 Cups and Water:
Weaving leadership
122 Top 10 in the 478
124 Five minutes with…
Fort Valley President Jones
ON THE COVER
The 2026 Five Under
40 Young Leaders
class meets at Macon's
Tattnall Square Park
fountain on a bright
summer day. Photo by
Jessica Whitley.
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