Author: Garland Pollard

Carole Magner Geoghegan (1936-2023)

October 13, 2023
Garland Pollard
Obituaries

Carole Magner Geoghegan, born in Norwalk, Conn. to Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Magner in December 1936, passed away on September 18, 2023, in her home in Walnut Creek, Calif. She was preceded in...

On a Return from Israel, Recalling a Fragile Peace Lost to War

October 13, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

Just back from a September trip to Israel, local real estate broker Melissa Csank saw a very different scene than the gruesome terrorist war playing out on social media and the news. “I heard about...

Charlotte County Ponders Fate of Historic Placida Bunkhouse

October 12, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

A Charlotte County historic plaque makes a very clear promise about the Placida Bunkhouse, an old railroad dormitory that is currently resting and rotting behind the South Gulf Cove Publix off of Gasparilla...

Tourist Development Tax Assists Barrier Island Parks

October 12, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

Two budget items benefitting the Barrier Island Parks Society, including paths for Gasparilla Island State Park and a boat for Cayo Costa, will be presented at the Oct. 17, 2023 meeting of the Board...

Five more years: Lee County renews lease for Fust Library

October 5, 2023
Garland Pollard
Community, News

At their Oct. 3, 2023 Board of County Commissioners meeting, Lee County approved and extended their lease with the Johann Fust Library Foundation, Inc. for the Boca Grande branch library. The lease...

As of October tax deadline, Ian still highly ‘unqualified’

October 5, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

A tax deduction wrinkle related to the deductibility of Hurricane Ian is still not resolved, a year out from the disaster, and just a few weeks before the final 2022 Internal Revenue Service tax filing...

Real estate sales down but average prices rise

October 5, 2023
Garland Pollard
News

High real estate prices in Boca Grande are giving the rest of the Cape Haze peninsula and the neighboring islands a price boost. “Palm Island has really gone through the roof in the last three years,”...