New Port Richey and West Pasco received only slight effects from a tropical system in more than ten years, and the nearest landfall of a tropical system since 1921. The effects appear to be mostly superficial, the the Pasco County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Sheriff’s Office reporting only light flooding along the Pithlachascotee River and […]
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Pasco County Public Transportation (PCPT) is offering Pasco County students a chance to ride our fixed-route bus system for only $20.00. The special student rate will go into effect June 1, 2016 and will run until August 31, 2016. Summer Haul Passes are being sold at all Pasco County Libraries; Pasco/Hernando State College campuses in […]
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The New Port Richey City Council on Tuesday, sitting in their dual-role as board members for the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), gave preliminary approval for the sale of a major downtown property on Circle Boulevard for $300,000 to Frank Starkey’s People Places LLC. The property is located on the southeast corner of Circle Boulevard […]
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The City of New Port Richey is to hold a Spring Neighborhood Clean-Up 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 South River Road. o Paper […]
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The New Port Richey Recreation & Aquatic Center proudly offers 20% off on all 3 month memberships starting now through June 30th. Residents and non-residents are welcome to this offer and all you have to do is come in to the Recreation Center and sign up at the front desk with any one of our […]
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As reported by the Tampa Bay Times on Thursday, plans have come to light for big changes at New Port Richey’s “SMARTsmart” Business Incubator on Grand Boulevard. The Pasco Economic Development Council (PEDC) will cease its operation at the New Port Richey location and may seek another incubator location in West Pasco. The current space […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The City of New Port Richey is proud to announce the installation of five new service memorials around Orange Lake in downtown New Port Richey. The memorials are part of Phase I of the Sims Park Improvement Project and were constructed by Commercial Concrete Contractors with the insignia plaques designed […]
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People Places Studio is seeking additional input on a measure to assist the City of New Port Richey in determining ideal locations for bike racks. In February, the group asked residents to use an interactive map to add locations. Now, People Places would like you to fill out a Survey Monkey form listing the top locations […]
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The weather Sunday afternoon was beautiful: sunny and breezy. The downtown area by Sims Park was very busy. People walked at the park and along the street. Across from Sims Park is the M.O.M’s Friday Night (http://momsfridaynightmarket.com), a small shaded area where local vendors sell their wares. There were booths with jellies and jams, honey, […]
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City Councilors approved $122,795 last Tuesday to be spent on new exercise equipment at the New Port Richey Recreation and Aquatic Center. The purchase includes new treadmills, stationary bicycles, and elliptical machines. All of the new units will have LCD screens and will have Bluetooth capability to connect with smartphones. The machines offer a variety […]
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New Port Richey City Council approved a new ordinance at second reading that allows golf carts on streets East of U.S. 19. There are some streets on which golf carts will continue to be prohibited, including all of Congress Street, Madison Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Marine Parkway between U.S. 19 and Grand Boulevard, and Trouble Creek […]
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Seven students from Mittye P. Locke Elementary school will represent New Port Richey at the Odyssey of the Mind “World Finals” at Iowa State University later this year after winning 1st place at the State level. To become champions, this team has put in long, demanding hours after school and weekends for over seven months. The school […]
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New Port Richey Police released information a prostitution sting that took place on April 1st, 2016 in an operation dubbed “April Fools.” The sting occurred along the US 19 corridor in New Port Richey on April 1st at midday between 11:00 AM and 3:30 PM. Ten arrests were made while utilizing an undercover female police officer. […]
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New Port Richey’s City Council election has come to a close. Incumbent councilment Chopper Davis and Jeff Starkey won re-election Tuesday night in a landslide result. Starkey pulled nearly as many votes as the rest of the candidates combined with 749, earning 40.55% of the vote. Davis pulled a respectable second place with 475 votes, […]
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New Port Richey City Council members passed the first reading on two ordinances Tuesday that would allow for residents to operate for-profit gardens on their property. The “Urban Agriculture Ordinance” would allow such gardens to exist in all zoning districts within the City, but restricts the keeping of livestock and other operations, including indoor growing, […]
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New Port Richey, April 4 – Loquat trees, jars of loquat preserves, a loquat chicken recipe, flyers, programs, and t-shirts were flying off tables last Saturday at the 3rd annual Florida Loquat Festival. This year there was a location change to Frances Avenue Park in New Port Richey, and parking was scarce. Despite storms earlier […]
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The Hernando County Sheriff arrested New Port Richey Police Officer Francis Downey last Thursday after a deputy attempted to pull Downey and his girlfriend, Tiffany Brush, over for speeding on Cortez Boulevard in the early hours of Thursday morning. Brush was arrested after her motorcycle crashed and she fled on foot, and was later reported […]
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Two photos of New Port Richey Fire Department firefighters giving oxygen to five dogs after an apartment fire in New Port Richey went viral last week on the department’s Facebook page. News stations as far as Chicago picked up the story. Firefighters Rustin Hammes and Alex Hardman gave aid to the dogs. Three of the […]
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New Port Richey, FL (March 21, 2016) – The New Port Richey Rotary Club recently presented one of the club’s highest recognition awards to Marchman Technical College teacher and New Port Richey resident, Don Blake. Mr. Blake has been a teacher for 30 years and has been the instructor of Marchman’s electrical program for many […]
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New Port Richey, FL (March 15, 2016) – With the city elections fast approaching in early April, the Green Commerce Association (GCA) is holding a candidates forum for the benefit of residents in New Port Richey. The forum is tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 16 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall (5919 […]
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Pasco County, FL (March 2, 2016) – The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) wants to help you get rid of old tires for free, while preventing the spread of Zika Virus – a flu-like disease spread through mosquito bites. Pasco County residents can bring unwanted tires to the Pasco County Class III Landfill / West Pasco […]
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New Port Richey City Council last night held a second reading for Ordinance #2016-2072 “Restricted Personal Service Uses,” an ordinance aimed at restricting business types in the downtown New Port Richey area. Restricted businesses include “blood plasma centers, body piercing establishments, check cashing stores, day labor establishments, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, and the cultivation, processing […]
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In an effort to encourage biking in New Port Richey and to improve the “bikeability” of the downtown area, Greater New Port Richey Main Street and a local development group have set up a “crowdsourced” map of the area where residents and visitors can submit places that they would like to see bike racks installed. […]
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Six individuals have qualified in the New Port Richey City Council election scheduled for April 12, 2016. Two seats are open in this election, and both incumbents in those seats, Councilman Jeff Starkey and Councilman Chopper Davis are running for re-election. Four additional challengers have qualified to run, and the top two vote earners will win […]
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Did you know, February is National Children’s Dental Health Month? Parents and kids need to defeat the effects of sugar, as well as maintain good oral health by brushing, flossing and eating healthy. Oral Health and Children Early childhood caries (cavities) is the number 1 chronic disease affecting young children. Early childhood caries is 5 […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce Business Challenge took place on Thursday, January 28, 2016, at the historic Richey Suncoast Theatre in downtown New Port Richey. Local entrepreneurs took part in the competition and the five finalists all did an outstanding job with their presentations and received prize awards as […]
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City resident Chris Hover stood up at the New Port Richey City Council meeting on Tuesday night and asked council members to consider a noise ordinance to limit the number of hours that one of the city’s biggest business boons is allowed to play music. Hovert said that he hears music on weekends and some […]
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New Port Richey’s City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday night (Ordinance #2016-2003) prohibiting the placement of “Roadway Memorial Markers” at locations of fatal accidents or collisions in the public right-of-way. The ordinance was proposed after a resident complained about an existing memorial that he said had been up for months. Deputy Mayor Bill Phillips suggested […]
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New Port Richey City Officials held a Grand Re-Opening celebration at Sims Park last Saturday morning. The opening featured a new playground with a new rubberized surface, a new splash pad, lots of new covered areas, and many winding, brick-lined sidewalks, as well as live music. The final cost of the project stands at $2,633,359 and still requires […]
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Reports came in to NewsPortRichey of construction occurring on Main Street just East of Congress Avenue on Monday evening. Crews removed a section of the asphalt just in front of the New Port Richey Post Office, near a utility access manhole in the road. The City of New Port Richey has not released a statement […]
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