Join the celebration at the 10th Anniversary Florida Loquat Festival on April 6th in Sims Park, New Port Richey. Experience the unique loquat fruit with educational programs, preserves, fresh loquats, and more. Engage in sustainability and agrarian discussions. Don’t miss this unique event – be part of a growing tradition! Learn more and support local: Ecology Florida’s announcement on the Loquat Festival.
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Big Harvest Forecast for 2019 Fruitlings appearing right on time! New Port Richey, FL (Feb. 4, 2019) – The annual Florida Loquat Festival is schedule to take place in Frances Avenue Park (6156 Louisiana Avenue, 34653) in New Port Richey on Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Following the festival from 1 to 2 p.m. will […]
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Popular discount grocer Aldi is considering the purchase of a property on the Southeast Corner of US19 & Main Street in New Port Richey, according to a proposal on the upcoming New Port Richey City Council agenda for tomorrow, February 6. Documents submitted to the city do not include an exact address for the store, […]
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New Port Richey police pulled a deceased man from the Cotee river near the Grand Boulevard bridge early yesterday morning. Residents reported a man floating face down in the river. Units responded to the area of the Grand Boulevard bridge in reference to a call advising a male was possibly floating face down in the […]
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PASCO COUNTY, FL —- The Pasco County Public Transportation Department (PCPT) has a great ‘Summer Haul Pass’ deal for Pasco County students: a one-time fee to ride PCPT’s fixed route bus system all summer! The special student rate of $20.00 will be good for all bus rides from June 1, 2017 through August 31, […]
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New Port Richey, FL (March 27, 2017) – Owners of 5800 Main, LLC announced today that they have reached a tentative lease agreement with Wright’s Natural Market to become the downtown project’s anchor tenant. The deal is for approximately ⅓ of a 9500+ square foot building on Main Street, originally built in the 1950s as […]
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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’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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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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by Dell deChant As the fall of 2016 begins with the autumnal equinox (September 22), here in this part of Florida most folks are probably aware that we’ve had an usually hot summer – which is saying something for the Tampa Bay Region. This should not be too much of a surprise however, since August […]
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by Dell deChant As the fall of 2016 begins with the autumnal equinox (September 22), here in this part of Florida most folks are probably aware that we’ve had an usually hot summer – which is saying something for the Tampa Bay Region. This should not be too much of a surprise however, since August […]
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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 additional permits for alcohol being served at events in Sims Park.
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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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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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New Port Richey, FL (Jan. 29, 2016) – Ecology Florida and Friendship Farms & Fare, with the support of the City of New Port Richey, will host the third annual Florida Loquat Festival on Saturday, March 26 from 9:00 to 2:00 p.m. at Frances Avenue Park (5580 Frances Ave., 34652) in New Port Richey. The […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, the City of New Port Richey’s Public Works Department will begin road repairs along Marine Parkway from Camelia Drive to 200 feet east of Hemlock Drive. As a result of the repairs, this section of Marine Parkway will be closed to all vehicular traffic. Detours […]
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Council members voted 4-1 Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that would restrict public “feedings,” specifically of homeless people, to twice a year by any individual or organization. Those two feedings allowed each year would also require a permit that costs $50 for city residents and $75 for non-city residents. Violators can face a fine of […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of November 9, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Grand Gardens Opening: A Happy Occasion The Grand Gardens in New Port Richey had a lovely opening on November 7th (2:00 to 4:00). Friendship Farms & Fare joined with Ecology Florida, Nature […]
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ What Happened to Fall, Part IV? Abnormal Heat Continues Next Week Some Cooling Expected 73 degrees at 3:30 AM, November 6, 2015 Historic Average (for 11/9): 79 HIGH, 62 Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ Historically, the average high temperature […]
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Target announced that 13 stores around the US will close on January 30, 2016. Among them is the Suncoast Pasco County “Super Target” store in Odessa, just west of the Suncoast Parkway. The store opened in 2006. The decision to close the stores was made after “consideration of the long-term financial performance of a particular […]
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ Weekly Weather Report What Happened to Fall, Part II? High 80s close out the week, cool front late next week 70 degrees at 4:30 AM, October 23, 2015 Historic Average (for 10/24): 83 HIGH, 66 Weather Underground: […]
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ Weekly Weather Report What Happened to Fall? High 80s close out the week, cool front on its way 67 degrees at 1:00 AM, October 18, 2015 Historic Average (for 10/19): 84 HIGH, 67 Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See […]
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New Port Richey, FL (October 15, 2015) – Organizers for the annual festival are inviting the public to attend the unveiling of Leaves of Loquat, a community-created poetry chapbook celebrating the loquat, Florida’s urban fruit, on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the New Port Richey Library in beautiful downtown New […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of October 12, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_ac3f94170aab4a72a9fa948d4766cc3a.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Garden Starts: Collards, Kale, and Broccoli in the South Gardens. Collards, Swiss Chard, and Kale […]
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Week of September 7, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Seedings: 3F Gulf Coast Calabrese Broccoli – 63 (100% germination) Garden Starts: Collards: Georgia Southern and Vates – 24 total Harvest […]
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ Hot and Dry Last Week Tropical System May Impact Area 74 degrees at 2:00 AM, August 29, 2015 Historic Average (for 8/31): 90 HIGH, 76 LOW Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See the complete weekly weather report later in […]
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe in his weekly blog about events and happenings around town. This week he’s talking about Greater New Port Richey Main Street’s “Night in the Tropics 2015.”
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ Weekly Weather Report Rain Ends, Intense Heat Returns 82 degrees at 1:00 AM, August 24, 2015 Historic Average (for 8/10): 90 HIGH, 76 LOW Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See the complete weekly weather report later […]
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Week of August 24, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Planting & Harvest Notes Seedings: Broccoli, Calabrese (42) Garden Starts: Collards in planters in new south garden. Harvest Notes: okra, eggplant, herbs, red malabar spinach, sweet potato leaves, and sweet potatoes […]
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Week of August 10, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community August 10 Farm Report now available. Go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_9069eb4d91624850af95a9b38db4dc8a.pdf You’ll find the full Farm Report at the link. As always, you’ll find the Share Report within the Farm Report, and also […]
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