by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2021 | Community
Contributed by Machen McChesney Machen McChesney, a leading CPA and Business Advisory firm, announced the promotion of Stephen Taunton to manager, Austin Duran to supervisor and Michael Chesnutt to the firm’s leadership team. Stephen Taunton, CPA Machen McChesney...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2021 | Column, Sean Dietrich
By SEAN DIETRICH “Don’t kiss a girl without being prepared to give her your last name.” My granny said that. My father gave me this one: “If you so much as touch a cigarette, you might as well tear up half your paychecks from now on.” My mother’s axiom, however, is my...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2021 | Column
By BRADLEY ROBERTSON It was the week of my 39th birthday, November, when I boarded a plane with my husband and in two hours I had the privilege of stepping foot on Cuban soil. I could not contain my joy for this grand adventure as the serious gentlemen checked my...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2021 | Column, Wendy Hodge
By WENDY HODGE My very first apartment, when I was a freshman in college, was sparsely decorated in what my roommate and I referred to as “up-scaled curbside/Goodwill treasures.” It was eclectic, which is polite for tacky. But it was ours. We worked hard to pay the...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 22, 2021 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BYPAT CONOVER On July 1, the Loachapoka Town Council dedicated the Loachapoka Heritage Fitness and Walking Trail to Loise Pace Weathers. Mayor Ricky Holder, former Mayor James Grout, Lee County Commissioners Richard S. LaGrand, Sr. and Doug Cannon together...
