Neighborhood Fall Clean-Up, Saturday Nov 1, 2014 from 8:00AM-5:00PM. Residents may dispose unwanted items. The City of New Port Richey will be hosting our semi-annual Neighborhood Clean-Up Day Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This special event allows residents of the City of New Port Richey to dispose of unwanted items […]
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City Councilors approved Kimley-Horn, one of the three firms that bid on the park’s design.
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City councilman Jeff Starkey, New Port Richey’s liaison with Pasco’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), said on Tuesday that the MPO has little focus for U.S. 19 at their meetings. “Their main focus is East-West,” he said, “That is all we ever heard about.” He said the committee specifically focuses on the elevated toll road which was […]
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Only those closely following the scheduling of meetings in New Port Richey, or receive updates from Mayor Rob Marlowe, would have known about an innocuous city council workshop held at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. Up for discussion was the City’s alcohol “special event” ordinance. I wrote an editorial on that very same ordinance two weeks, decrying the […]
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Florida Highway Patrol reports that a fatal accident occurred on Grand Boulevard just south of Moog Road at Elkhorn Road in Pasco County Friday morning. One fatality has been reported in a collision involving a tractor-trailer. The accident occurred around 3:40 am and FHP arrived on scene at 4:04 am. All northbound lanes were reported […]
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Bike Fest begins this afternoon in downtown New Port Richey. Here is a map provided by NPRPD of road closures for the weekend. Main street is closed at Lincoln. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z64hAMUG3p-Y.kNTYTquTjL4Q Don’t forget to watch out for motorcycles!
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During a meeting that largely dealt with the issue of prostitution along US19, Port Richey City Manager Tom O’Neill was in attendance to appeal to New Port Richey’s City Council for additional cooperative efforts along US19. He made a number of suggestions that both cities can work together on to improve the image of the […]
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Angry and sometimes explicit testimony echoed in New Port Richey’s city hall Tuesday as a number of residents from the West River and Astor Drive neighborhood spoke to just how bad the issue of prostitution has become in New Port Richey along U.S. Highway 19. Residents were quick to praise the efforts of the New Port […]
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New Port Richey, FL (Oct. 6, 2014) – Las Vegas Casino Night, a fundraiser hosted by Sertoma Speech & Hearing Foundation of Florida, is being presented by the nonprofit to benefit its Children’s Hearing Help Fund on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. The event will be held at the West Pasco Board of Realtors (5409 Sunset Road, […]
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Dirt was flying this Sunday as USF students visited Friendship Farm & Fare’s “South Garden” located in New Port Richey to help out with the Fall harvest. The students are part of a USF group called FARM–Food Activists Revolutionizing Meals–whose mission is to educate people about local farms and to learn about what those local farms […]
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New Port Richey’s Parks and Recreation Department highlighted Grey Preserve with a “Play Day” this week.
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Pasco Deputies served a search warrant at 9814 US Highway 19 on Friday morning and arrested Ranard Raymore Miller on drug charges. Deputies found 41 grams of crack cocaine, marijuana, a 9mm handgun, and a number of hydromorphone and methadone pills, according to the Sheriff’s Facebook page. Pasco Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant […]
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City Manager Debbie Manns believes that Pasco County is willing to transfer ownership of Plathe Road west of Rowan Road to the City, according to her weekly memo to City Council. The discussions with Pasco County continue in relationship to the City’s interest in acquiring Plathe Road for the purpose of roadway improvements. At this […]
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Robert Lovering is scheduled to start Oct. 20 as the police chief for Port Richey, City Manager Tom O’Neill announced.
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The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says a New Port Richey man, Clifford Vogel, 60, found an inactive hand grenade about 20 feet offshore from St. Pete Beach with a metal detector. The find was made behind the Sirata beach resort. The Sheriff’s bomb squad unit was called and the area behind the Sirata was cordoned off. The bomb […]
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Pasco County’s Clerk of Court and Comptroller, Paula O’Neil, has ordered an Inspector General to look into the County’s billing of a couple that has been reported in the media this week. New Port Richey, FL, October 1, 2014 – In response to the media coverage of the Pasco County utility bill concerns, the Clerk […]
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Pasco County’s Clerk of Court and Comptroller, Paula O’Neil, has ordered an Inspector General to look into the County’s billing of a couple that has been reported in the media this week. New Port Richey, FL, October 1, 2014 – In response to the media coverage of the Pasco County utility bill concerns, the Clerk […]
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UPDATE: A Sears representative has countered the claim that the mall location of Sears is closing, instead saying that the KMart on US19 south of Main Street in New Port Richey will close. Official: “There may be confusion as the Kmart store in New Port Richey will close to the public in early December. Until […]
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A precautionary boil water notice has been issued to residents in the Seven Springs Water System for former customers of Aloha Utilities. An eight-inch water main break occurred earlier today on Heritage Lake Boulevard according to FGUA (Florida Governmental Utility Authority–previously run by Aloha Utilities) and has since been repaired, but officials are urging residents […]
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New Port Richey’s City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to approve installation of a four-way stop sign intersection signal at the intersection of Illinois Ave and Lafayette St. The move comes amid 55 households of the West Madison neighborhood uniting and hiring an attorney who represented them at the meeting. The city cited its engineering […]
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New Port Richey City Council voted last night to approve the lease of Cavalier Square to the soon-to-open Dulcet restaurant for outdoor seating space. Some concerned business owners had previously asked for clarification about whether the parking lot adjacent to the square would be leased as well. City staff and Council members cleared that up […]
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Pasco County Commissioners passed a $0.05 increase in gas taxes in the County last week. The new increase will go into effect on January 1st, 2015. Commisioner Chairman Jack Mariano was the only dissenting vote in a 4-1 decision. Pasco’s fuel taxes are currently at the same rate as Pinellas and Hillsborough and will, in […]
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The Tampa Tribune reports that detours should be expected on downtown sections of Main Street as as 150 foot section of sewer pipe undergoes repairs.
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe suggested at the City Council meeting on Tuesday evening that he had received phone messages from a resident who was upset about the way young males in the City were wearing their pants. Marlowe and the City’s Attorney referenced a ban passed in Ocala this year that outlaws pants […]
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The Tampa Tribune reports on a proposal for a new mall site across from the Wal-Mart on SR54, the southwest corner of SR54 and Little Road in Western Pasco County.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing whether the manatee should be reclassified as a “threatened” species, which would allow some flexibility for federal officials as the species recovers while maintaining most of the protections afforded to animals listed as endangered.
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USF Beats Ivies, UF and FSU: USF Ranked 7th in Nation on Sustainable Schools List Feature Ecology Florida Staff Ecology Florida joins the University of South Florida in celebrating the school’s top-ten ranking in the Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” listing. Coming in 7th overall, USF is ranked ahead of all the Ivy League schools, as well as […]
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Races for two three local positions, local judges, and the State Governor primary wrapped up this Tuesday with landslides in many. In the primary for Florida House District 36, currently held by Amanda Murphy, Jim Mathieu was handily defeated by Republican Chris Gregg in the primary. Gregg took 59% of the vote to Mathieu’s 41%. Mike […]
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The NOAA has moved predictions for Tropical Storm Kristobal further out into the Atlantic, away from Florida and the Atlantic coast states.
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According to the National Weather Service and NOAA, Tropical Storm Kristobal has strengthened but increasingly looks like it will miss the Florida Gulf Coast, though it still has the potential to bring heavy rains. Updates to come.
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