Even if New Port Richey's Main Street is no longer the commercial center it once was, even if mom-and-pop stores have given way to chains, even if that down-home atmosphere has quickened to the fast pace of the exurbs, John Herig and his Cathedral Automotive is still here. ...more

July 30, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- With revenues declining, county leaders had to go the extra mile to stretch dollars for road construction projects in the next five years. ...more

July 23, 2008

Even if New Port Richey's Main Street is no longer the commercial center it once was, even if mom and pop stores have given way to chains, even if that down-home atmosphere has quickened to the fast pace of the exurbs, John Herig and his Cathedral Automotive is still on Main Street. ...more

July 16, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - You can't beat the heat, especially if you're green and leafy. Greater New Port Richey Main Street has announced that in order to prevent wilted vegetables and people, its Downtown Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m. through noon beginning this Saturday, July 12. This schedule will run through Sept. 6. ...more

July 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The eyes have it, thanks to advances in cataract surgery. People can see clearly now, near, far and everything in between with a new brand of lens implants that flexes along with the muscles of the eye, according to Dr. Carey T. Rowan, a cataract and laser surgeon. ...more

July 2, 2008

Every day, the small camera at the crossroads of Ridge Road and U.S. 19 catches at least a dozen red-light runners passing through the busy intersection. ...more

July 2, 2008

Main Street is ready to rock, retro style. Music of the '60s, The Eagles and Led Zeppelin will get the festive atmosphere rolling today at the 11th annual Friendly KIAFEST Main Street Blast in the city's downtown. ...more

June 28, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Main Street will rock. This Saturday, June 28, at the 11th annual Friendly KIA FEST Main Street Blast, celebrants of the Fourth of July can get a head start on the fireworks, pooches can woof it up in the Patriotic Pooch Parade and everyone can enjoy an evening of music under the summer sky. ...more

June 25, 2008

The sun teased Pasco County on Sunday, peeking out several times. But the sky was mostly gray, and the rain poured on already waterlogged lawns and into taxed drainage systems. ...more

June 23, 2008

Three days of complex testimony and more than three hours of deliberation brought no outcome to the DUI-manslaughter trial of Shannon Stephen, accused of killing two people walking home from the Chasco Fiesta two years ago. ...more

June 20, 2008