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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Public Works Director Robert Rivera proposed a water quality testing project on Tuesday night for the Cotee River. City Council voted unanimously to approve a $50,000 bid for Shroud Engineering Consultants, Inc. to undertake the testing. The testing will last into October 2015. “We want to hit all the seasons,” Mr. Rivera said, “the rainy […]
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New Port Richey plans to conduct environmental testing on Orange Lake, a central fixture in downtown New Port Richey. Gaydos Hydros Services has been hired by the city to pump up to five feet of water ouf of the lake to see if it replenishes on its own. If the water is replaced quickly, according […]
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Testing “season” continues in Pasco Schools this week. End of Course exams begin today, a full six weeks before courses actually end. Testing was in the news last week as well with a massive system disruption for 9th graders taking the FCAT last Tuesday. Students were sent back to class and forced to miss 1-2 […]
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GEEKNOTE: As I write this, we are in the second full week of the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Tests or FCATs as they are commonly known. If you count the pretests done a week before the FCATs started, we are actually into week three of four straight weeks of testing for Florida students. Am I the […]
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