The City of New Port Richey Parks and Recreation Department is proud to continue presenting FREE Family Movie Nights bringing movie lovers of all ages to the downtown’s focal point, beautiful Sims Park, and to enjoy a free movie in an outdoor setting. Family friendly movies are shown monthly without cost to the audience so […]
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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 October events and their success, as well as excitement about newly opened businesses.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (June 15, 2018) – New Port Richey Main Street is proud to announce the appointment of Marilynn deChant as the new executive director of the New Port Richey Main Street program effective July 1st 2018. Ms. deChant was the first executive director of the downtown Main Street program from 1987 to 1997. She […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The City Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Registered voters of the City of New Port Richey will have the opportunity to elect two people to serve on the City Council of the City of New Port Richey. The current incumbent for one of the seats, Judy deBella […]
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What Irma Taught Us Dell deChant Remembering Donna I was six years old in 1960 when hurricane Donna scared the dickens out of me. Irma followed a similar path, and I suspect it was just as scary to six-year-olds today as Donna was to me in our little house on Beach Drive in St. Petersburg. […]
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PASCO COUNTY, FL —- The Pasco County Planning and Development Department is pleased to announce a new community outreach program – Neighborhood Notebook. This giant, interactive chalkboard will be popping up all around the South Market Area throughout the year as part of an ongoing initiative to hear from people in Pasco County. The first Neighborhood Notebook is set up at […]
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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 the future of New Port Richey as development gets underway.
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New Port Richey Police issued a statement this morning regarding a call received at 11:52 PM last night at the Royal Palm Inn located at 6523 US Highway 19. The caller referenced a stabbing. Officers located the victim on the ground near the front office of the hotel. The victim did have a stab wound in […]
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New Port Richey, FL (May 2, 2017) – On Tuesday, May 16 Suncoast Women in Networking (WIN) will hold its regular luncheon at the new Beef O’Brady’s in downtown New Port Richey (5546 Main St., NPR, 35652). Networking begins at 11:30 a.m. with the luncheon beginning at 12 noon. Members, guests, and visitors are all […]
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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 major issues facing the city in the next few years: parking, annexation, and traffic enforcement.
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The 4th Annual Loquat Festival comes to town this Saturday, April 8th from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Frances Avenue Park on Louisiana Avenue. The festival, dedicated solely to the loquat tree, what organizers classify as an “urban fruit”, explores the benefits and enormous potential of the tree. Technically a non-native Florida tree, the […]
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New Port Richey Mayor Rob Marlowe in his weekly blog about events and happenings around town. This week he’s responding to a political opponent’s suggestion that the New Port Richey Mayor should be a “cheerleader.”
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Taking the Lead, Capitalizing on Community Gardens By Ed Beckman Over the last couple years many of our city residents have established gardens on their properties. How do we capitalize on this endeavor with our local growers in the community? My answer is simple we need to start marketing and targeting those businesses that can benefit by partnering with our resident growers. Creating partnership’s with potential business […]
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Rock the Boat Productions, a local event planning and marketing company, has organized a candidate’s forum for the two candidates in New Port Richey’s mayoral race, with the election set for April 7, 2017. The candidates are: The forum is planned for this Thursday from 6 – 7:30 PM in downtown New Port Richey at the […]
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New Port Richey City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass an amended noise ordinance to help ease noise complaints coming from the City’s downtown district. Resident complaints have been overwhelming the City’s police department, according to Police Chief Kim Bogart. Bogart said Tuesday he was “frustrated” by the problem. One of the main concerns […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The Public Works Department will begin the milling portion for the reconstruction of Circle Boulevard on Thursday, March 2, 2017. The milling should be completed by Friday March 3, 2017. The paving and temporary striping will be completed by Tuesday, March 14, 2017. As a result of the reconstruction, Circle […]
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New Port Richey, FL, January 23, 2017 – The Friends of the Hacienda & Historic New Port Richey will be conducting an event from 9am – 4pm, with free tours of the Hacienda Hotel at 5126 Main St., New Port Richey, on March 11, 2017 from 10am to 2pm to allow the community to see […]
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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 (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, 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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New Port Richey, FL (Feb. 29, 2016) – With the city elections fast approaching in early April, the Green Commerce Association (GCA), of which NewsPortRichey is a proud member, will hold a candidates forum for the benefit of residents in New Port Richey. The forum is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. […]
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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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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 III? Abnormal Heat Continues Next Week More Of Same 90 degrees on October 31, 2015 74 degrees at 3:30 AM, November 1, 2015 Historic Average (for 11/1): 81 HIGH, […]
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New Port Richey, Florida – The City of New Port Richey’s Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting the second annual Puppy Paddle on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the Recreation and Aquatic Center located at 6630 Van Buren Street in New Port Richey. Dogs 18’’ & smaller are welcome to swim in the kiddie […]
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Residents and representatives from local farm to table food groups, including Friendship Farms & Fare, Nature Coast Real Food Project, and the East Madison Growers showed up at the Grand Gardens located on Grand Boulevard in New Port Richey on Sunday, Sept. 20 to celebrate the opening of this new community garden. Interested participants and budding gardeners […]
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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 his recent trip to California, the Sims Park project, the Coastal Cleanup, and city events coming up!
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Weekly Weather Report for West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community A Service Of Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ Milder Last Week Mixed Reports For This Week 74 degrees at 4:00 AM, September 18, 2015 Historic Average (for 9/18): 89 HIGH, 75LOW Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm Report. […]
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Tampa Bay 10 News reports that New Port Richey Police are seeking a person of interest in a shooting that occurred Saturday morning at the Magnuson Hotel on Mariner Parkway and US19 in New Port Richey.
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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 businesses and local events coming up.
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NewsPortRichey received a complaint Wednesday that contractors had spray painted red “X”s on three Hickory trees north of Sims Park on Orange Circle. I stopped by to take some pictures of the tree and spoke on the phone with Mr. Terry Kline, a board member at the West Pasco Historical Society. City Manager Debbie Manns […]
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