Macon Telegraph will celebrate 200th anniversary on Nov. 1

The Macon Telegraph will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 1 — a monumental milestone for a community institution founded in the days when the city was a frontier boomtown. According to a press release from the Georgia Press Association, The Telegraph will mark the occasion with special features in the Sunday edition and free ice cream at Shuster’s Candy Creamery on Sunday for the first 200 guests, from noon to 6 p.m.  This weekend also marks the launch of an ongoing commemoration, with special anniversary pages appearing in the Sunday edition each week over the next several months. The Telegraph will publish regular historical features, reprint classic columns from beloved writer Bill Boyd, and solicit community memories from readers and former employees. The Telegraph’s third century of publication arrives as the nonprofit Georgia Trust for Local News nears completion of the newspaper’s transition from former owner McClatchy.  “It’s fitting that as we cel