New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe, who is seeking re-election in April 2017, in his blog about events and happenings around New Port Richey. This week, the Mayor is talking about his first experience in running for Mayor and the challenges he believes the City has overcome in the last few years. Disclaimer: As part […]
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New Port Richey, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County is pleased to recognize the City of New Port Richey as a 2017 Healthy Weight Community Champion. The City of New Port Richey is the first entity in Pasco to apply for and receive the Surgeon Generals Community Champion Recognition for supporting […]
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Two candidates qualified in the New Port Richey Municipal Mayoral election as of Friday, February 17 at 12:00 PM. No further candidates may qualify for this upcoming spring election. Voting day is currently scheduled for Tuesday, April 11th with polls open from 7 AM – 7 PM. Traditionally, voting in municipal elections on election day takes […]
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New Port Richey, Florida — New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe announced his candidacy for re-election in November of 2016, and as of writing no other candidates have publicly announced an intention to run. The City Municipal Mayoral Election will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. All registered voters of the City of New […]
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New Port Richey’s City Council split down the middle Tuesday night on whether or not to fund a $1.8 million expansion of the City’s Recreation and Aquatic Center on Van Buren Street. The facility originally was constructed in 2007 for a price tag of $14 million but suffers from a low membership that causes the […]
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Madison Street Closure New Port Richey, Florida –North Bay Hospital’s contractor will begin construction of a gravity sewer line on Madison Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Virginia Avenue. This portion of Madison Street will be closed beginning Tuesday, February 7, 2017 to Friday, February 10, 2017. Residents of this area will have full access to […]
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New Port Richey, FL (Jan. 25, 2017) – Members of the city staff and city council, the city’s Environmental Committee, the New Port Richey Garden Club and the fourth grade class from Genesis Elementary School celebrated the City of New Port Richey’s 28th consecutive Arbor Day on Friday, Jan. 20 in Frances Avenue Park. […]
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Dogs could be ordering off the menu at New Port Richey restaurants even more easily this week. New Port Richey City Council voted Tuesday night 3-2 to approve an ordinance allowing restaurants to seat customers and their canine companions The ordinance requires restaurant owners to pay a one-time $50 fee in order to allow dogs […]
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New Port Richey City Council voted to amend a noise ordinance on second reading on Tuesday, creating measureable noise limits for residential and commercial properties. NewsPortRichey reported originally in February that the Council was taking another look at the ordinance, after complaints were made about music being played at downtown New Port Richey’s Dulcet Restaurant. […]
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The City of New Port Richey will be hosting our semi-annual Neighborhood Fall Clean-Up Day Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. This event allows residents of the City of New Port Richey to dispose of unwanted items in dumpsters rented by the City. Residents can take their unwanted items to either one of […]
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As part of an anti-litterbug campaign in Pasco County, the County’s Stormwater Management department is releasing three videos capturing individuals in the act of illegal dumping. Residents who recognize any individuals in the videos are asked to call the Pasco County Litterbug Tip Line at 727-247-0567. Pasco County illegal dumping videos (click on case # […]
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NewsPortRichey.org urges all of our readers to vote in each and every election, and aims to help our readers make an informed choice in the easiest way possible. That said, today I’d like to simply outline who is running in which elections in Pasco County, and make our suggestions about who you might want to […]
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Pasco County, FL – Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley, announces the voter registration deadline is Tuesday, October 11, 2016, for all new registrants to the State of Florida who wish to vote in the November election. Voter registration applications mailed to the supervisor’s office at PO Box 300, Dade City FL 33526, should bear […]
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In a press release issued by the New Port Richey Police Department, officials say they have made a major arrest of a wanted felon being pursued by the U.S. Marshals Office: On 09/18/2016, West Virginia police contacted the New Port Richey Police Department in reference to a vehicle being purchased by a male using the victim’s […]
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Port Richey’s City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday night on a second reading of an ordinance to decriminalize the possession of marijuana within City limits. Possession will continue to be illegal, but will allow police to have the option of issuing $155 civil citation in lieu of an arrest. The civil citation option is not available […]
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As reported early this month by the Tampa Bay Times, the City of New Port Richey confirmed that a development deal reached on the Hacienda Hotel has fallen through. The prospective developers, Yaakov and “Avi” Rosner, a father-and-son team of investors from Israel, cited the City’s lack of flexibility over access and ownership of the […]
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Duke Energy has awarded the NPR Public Library with a $2000 “Community Impact” grant. These funds will be used to continue our current development of a 3D printing mobile maker cart. We will purchase an additional Flashforge Finder, color filaments, and an additional laptop to be used for design purposes. We will also add materials […]
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New Port Richey, FL (August 4, 2016) – The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County invites the public to take part in free rapid HIV and Hepatitis “C” testing events. The first will take place Tuesday, August 23, 2016 from 4:00pm-7:00pm at the Spirt of Life Church located at 4133 Thys Road in New […]
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A New Port Richey resident, Samantha Ferrara, was recently selected as one the winners of the American Addiction Centers Behavioral Health Scholarship. Samantha will receive a $2,500 scholarship toward her undergraduate degree at Florida State University At a time when millions of Americans are facing mental health challenges and/or addiction, now more than ever we need […]
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe in his weekly blog on events and happenings around town. This week, he’s talking about quiet Sundays and reflections on the city and civil service.
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Lessons learned from Pasco County’s historic flooding: This Sunday, July 24, 2016, marks the first anniversary of the beginning of the 500-year flood event in Pasco County. The summer of 2015 was a devastating one for hundreds of families and business owners who were forced to evacuate as the Anclote River swelled out of its […]
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NEW PORT RICHEY (July 28, 2016) – The City of New Port Richey’s Environmental Committee hosted the second annual “Okra Occasion…Less than a festival but more than an ordinary day!” at the New Port Richey Public Library in downtown New Port Richey in late July. Friendship Farms & Fare and gardeners from the Grand Gardens […]
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NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (July 5, 2016) – Last month organizers of Grand Gardens located in New Port Richey held an official sign raising on the property. Designed by a Gulf Middle School student, Park Mylott, the art work is now emblazoned on the new sign as well as t-shirts promoting the gardens. Grand Gardens […]
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‘Local’ has a new meaning for a younger generation this week after the release of a Virtual Reality mobile phone app from Niantic, Inc. and Nintendo, Inc. The app is called “Pokemon GO” and is a spin-off of the traditional Pokemon series, an overwhelming successful franchise for handheld video game devices first released in 1995. […]
Read MoreThe City of New Port Richey is starting a new grant program to help fund local events in the downtown area that meet a set of simple criteria. The amount of each grant will be determined by a recommendation from the City’s Cultural Affairs service board. That board currently happens to have two alternate positions […]
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PASCO COUNTY, FL —- Pasco County’s curbside recycling effort is expanding by now accepting newspaper, cardboard and other mixed paper to the eligible materials for residential curbside recycling. The change took place this week and licensed private haulers are now accepting the recycled materials in curbside recycling bins. “We hope to reduce the amount […]
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New Port Richey Main Street Director KC Quaretti presented a map to City Council on Tuesday outlining dining, entertainment, retail, recreation, and historical points for visitors in downtown. The map, with a portion dedicated to a graphic grid layout of the area around Orange Lake and the river, lists 45 locations of interest in the […]
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More than 30 supporters of New Port Richey’s “green” community were present on Tuesday night for City Councils’ second reading of two ordinances aimed at improving regulations and explicitly permitting urban agriculture, community gardens, and front yard gardens in New Port Richey. NewsPortRichey wrote an article last month during the first reading of the ordinances […]
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UPDATE: NewsPortRichey was contacted today and informed that this case has been resolved with Ms. Gingras paying $1200 in restitution to TJ’s Bar and serving 9 months probation. New Port Richey Police say a woman fired three shots through a window at TJ’s Bar in the early hours of June 7th at 5359 Grand Boulevard, […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The City of New Port Richey will be hosting its Neighborhood Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Dumpsters will be placed at the following locations: Frances Avenue Park off of Louisiana Avenue. The former Old River Road Church property located at 6131 […]
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