Joe Petree and Dixie Buice knew the weather forecast when they decided to camp out overnight outside Monticciolo Sedation and Family Dentistry. They wanted to secure a place in line for the 2009 edition of Dentistry from the Heart, which took place Friday. ...more

February 7, 2009

Joe Petree and Dixie Buice knew the weather forecast when they decided to camp out overnight outside Monticciolo Sedation and Family Dentistry. They wanted to secure a place in line for the 2009 edition of Dentistry From the Heart, which took place Friday. ...more

February 6, 2009

Joe Petree and Dixie Buice knew the weather forecast when they decided to camp out overnight outside Monticciolo Sedation and Family Dentistry. They wanted to secure a place in line for the 2009 edition of Dentistry from the Heart, which took place Friday. ...more

February 6, 2009

Pasco County commissioners hope to turn a corner - literally in this case, after giving the green light to turn-lane additions at the intersection of Little Road and Hudson Avenue. ...more

February 4, 2009

A Senior Information Fair will be held Saturday in conjunction with the weekly Downtown Farmers Market in New Port Richey. ...more

January 21, 2009

A Senior Information Fair will be held Saturday in conjunction with the weekly Downtown Farmers Market in New Port Richey. ...more

January 21, 2009

Spirits were soaring high among people who helped rescue a sea gull that had appeared doomed. The man of the hour is Harold Rule, a Bright House Networks cable TV system technician. Rule plucked the bird from the top of the light pole on which it had gotten stuck late last week. Rule maneuvered the company's bucket truck into position next to the light fixture in the parking lot of Trouble Creek Square, a shopping center at Trouble Creek Road and Grand Boulevard. ...more

January 17, 2009

The city of New Port Richey made tracks to the past with the dedication of its Railroad Square Streetscape Project on Jan. 9. The 21st century tipped its hat to the 20th century roots of the city with the fully functional railroad crossing arms as decorations along Nebraska Avenue at Grand Boulevard and at Adams Street. ...more

January 14, 2009

Have you seen the light? A portable, LED sign has been flashing a message to local drivers, "Drought Conditions, Please Conserve Water." New Port Richey officials wanted to do their part toward conservation during a drought that has lasted more than three years, said Sherman Applegate, city public works director. ...more

January 10, 2009

The Grand Boulevard-Trouble Creek Road intersection in New Port Richey has been reopened after a fatal motorcycle crash shut it down nearly two hours Tuesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Gary Don Luker, 59, of Wesley Chapel, was riding a 2006 Harley-Davidson south on Grand Boulevard and approached Trouble Creek Road about 8:40 p.m. when a car that was traveling north on the road turned into the path of his motorcycle, troopers say. Luker died at the scene. The driver of the 1988 Nissan, James Patrick Enoch, 19, of New Port Richey, and a passenger was not hurt, the highway patrol said. The crash is under investigation. ...more

December 3, 2008