Violet Hinrichs, 19, is facing child abuse charges after police said she choked a baby to fake the child’s seizures. Port Richey Woman Choked Baby.
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NPR Report: City Council Workshop April 29, 2014
Last night was the second workshop in a series being pushed by New Port Richey’s newly elected Mayor Rob Marlowe. The topic for the workshop last night was “Penny for Pasco” and Council members looked to discuss a number of ways in which those funds can be utilized. City Financial Director Peter Altman began the […]
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OPINION: Yacht at the Helm – Florida Charter Schools Need Improved Oversight
Florida Charter Schools need improved oversight Marc J. Yacht, MD, MPH Florida legislative efforts to increase charter schools continue. About one in 17 Florida children attend a charter school. That’s a six-fold increase in a decade. Both not-for-profit and for-profit companies can operate charter schools. School districts can open charter schools. Charter-school teachers must be […]
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UPDATE: Port Richey Girl Recovering from Severe Dog Bite (Labrador)
A 7-year-old Port Richey girl, Shaina Foreman, is recovering from her injuries sustained in an attack by a family friend’s labrador. According to County officials, the dog has been placed in Animal Control’s custody. Shaina’s injuries were initially listed as serious and she has undergone reconstructive surgery. Her family has set up a Facebook page […]
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Pasco Sheriff Arrests Squatters
It would appear that the law has finally caught up to Julio Ortiz and his girlfriend, Fatima Cardoso, in Pasco County. Sheriff’s deputies took the couple into custody on Monday morning after they moved out of the infamous soldier’s home last Thursday. According to an arrest report, Duke Energy officials are pressing charges against the […]
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School Testing Woes Continue
Testing “season” continues in Pasco Schools this week. End of Course exams begin today, a full six weeks before courses actually end. Testing was in the news last week as well with a massive system disruption for 9th graders taking the FCAT last Tuesday. Students were sent back to class and forced to miss 1-2 […]
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FHP: Drunk Driver Crashed into Gas Station on Old SR 54
GEEKNOTE: Net Neutrality
GEEKNOTE: Since the beginning of the Internet, it was always agreed that companies would peer with each other at the major interconnects without charging each other for the data transfers. If you were a top level Internet host, like an ATT or Verizon, things worked out just fine. Smaller players always had to buy their […]
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Ecology Florida Editorial: Education – “Creationism and STEM Follies”
Ecology Florida’s latest published editorial on Creationism and STEM in Florida’s charter schools
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Applicants Sought for Community Water-Wise Awards in Pasco
Fasano Fires Printing Company Over Registration Error
Drivers with May birthdays may have had their driver’s license information shared with another Pasco resident.
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Officials: Girl, 7, Bit in Eye by Dog in Port Richey (Labrador)
Medical Marijuana Bills Move Foward in Florida Legislature
Upcoming Community Events
New Port Richey Area Community Events Cotee River Seafood And Blues Festival Friday, Apr 25 – Sunday, Apr 27 Pasco County/Promo Sims Park, Friday-Sunday, Plus Boat Show, Free Greater New Port Richey Main Street 727-842-8066 Debbie@nprmainstreet.com New Port Richey Get Directions http://www.nprmainstreet.com Poet’s Point Poetry Night & 1 Act Play Friday, Apr 25 Pasco County/Community […]
Read MoreFULL Story Behind Pasco Squatters in Veteran’s Home
News Channel 8 has been reporting for the past few days about squatters living in the home of Pasco County veteran–who is stationed in Hawaii after a tour in Afghanistan–that refused to vacate the property. Mr. Sharkey, the veteran who owns the property was quoted as saying that the squatters were “criminals, and I want […]
Read MoreFCC Abandons Net Neutrality in About Face
City of New Port Richey 2014 Spring Clean Up Day
New Port Richey city government is holding a spring clean up day on June 21st–the first day of summer–from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The city will be providing dumpsters for residents to deposit unwanted material. A current Florida Driver’s License must be shown to a City employee at the dropoff site (must be a […]
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OP-ED: Yacht at the Helm – Florida GOP Legislators Banish NRA Lobbyists
Op-ed – Satire: Florida GOP legislators banish NRA lobbyists; they flee to Texas In an abrupt about-face, conservative Republican legislators banished NRA lobbyists from the Capitol last week after getting what appeared to be divine instructions at a Republican prayer meeting. Shouts of “ban guns!” and “Get lost!” were heard echoing through the Capitol corridors. […]
Read MorePasco Schools PLACE After School Program Administrator Arrested on Child Porn Charges
GEEKNOTE: FCAT Fiasco
GEEKNOTE: As I write this, we are in the second full week of the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests or FCATs as they are commonly known. If you count the pretests done a week before the FCATs started, we are actually into week three of four straight weeks of testing for Florida students. Am I the […]
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New Theater Opening in Downtown New Port Richey
According to an article published on Broadwayworld.com, husband and wife team Jimmy Ferraro and Dee Etta Rowe will open Jimmy Ferraro’s Studio Theater in downtown New Port Richey. The Theater will contain a small black box theater with limited seating. The theater will occupy the space previously used by a nightclub in downtown New Port Richey. […]
Read MoreNew Port Richey Soldier Says Squatters Won’t Leave His Home
EDITORIAL: Florida’s Failure to Expand Medicaid Hurting Disabled Children
Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford has recently been touting his budget increases in 2014-2015 that will improve access to services for disabled citizens. He has also recently emphasized a “3% increase per student” in education funding. What he has failed to mention is that nowhere in the 2014-2015 priorities list is the expansion of Medicaid. […]
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GEEKNOTE: Local News
GEEKNOTE: I would like to start off by commending Jon Tietz for creating a new local news site for New Port Richey and the rest of West Pasco. He has his work cut out for him. First a little history: The advent of the Internet and the 24 hour cable news cycle have changed the […]
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Pinellas to Pay $110,000 Pasco Property Tax Debt
OPINION: Health Insurance Reforms Are Working
Because Florida Republican officials are refusing federal Medicaid dollars, about 1.3 million low-income Florida residents will not get health care coverage. Before Obamacare, 4.1 million Floridians lacked health insurance. Despite Gov. Rick Scott and other Florida legislative efforts to block Medicaid expansion and enrollment, the number of Florida’s uninsured has been reduced to 3.4 million. […]
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Vacant Bank of America Building in New Port Richey Demolished
The vacant Bank of America building on the northwest corner of Massachussetts ave and Congress St was demolished yesterday. I had contacted Jeff Starkey on the City council last Monday regarding the property being out of the County’s code (it’s located just outside city limits) and we had jointly contacted Commissioner Henry Wilson. Code enforcement […]
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Local Developer Launches Property Redevelopment IndieGoGo in New Port Richey
OPINION: Marc Yacht: Voters should oust the politicians who refuse to expand Medicaid
Because Florida Republican officials are refusing federal Medicaid dollars, about 1.3 million low-income Florida residents will not get health-care coverage. Obamacare pays the full cost of expanding Medicaid for the first three years. After that, the federal government pays 90 percent of the cost. A family of four could qualify for Medicaid earning up to […]
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