Morton Plant North Bay Hospital recently unveiled the name of its new patient wing, Starkey Medical Tower. ...more

May 3, 2009

The faces change from year to year, about as fast as the style of the clothes they wear. The students and even the teachers come and go. The curriculum evolves and so do the methods by which it is taught. But through it all, a school is one of those institutions that define a community. Richey Elementary School, 6807 Madison St., has been part of New Port Richey for 50 years, longer if you consider classes were held there in 1957 before the building was officially completed and "opened" for the start of the 1958-'59 school year. ...more

February 25, 2009

A flag ceremony at Pasco-Hernando Community College will help launch observances of Veterans Day. The public is invited to the event at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the afternoon before Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, a college spokeswoman, Courtney Boettcher, reports. ...more

November 8, 2008

U.S. 19 might take a turn for the better with a little help from the public. ...more

August 27, 2008

Out-of-state football fans will get help leaving next year's Super Bowl in the form of lighted street signs. ...more

August 25, 2008

U.S. 19 might take a turn for the better with a little help from the public. ...more

August 16, 2008

Plans for improvements to U.S. 19 in Pasco County will be unveiled at an Aug. 28 public hearing. ...more

August 13, 2008

Ever since 1937, when Jay B. Starkey Sr. acquired 16,000 of pastureland and started a ranch, the Starkey family has been one of Pasco County's leading benefactors, investing and reinvesting money, land and personal time to the betterment of the community. ...more

July 5, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Ever since 1937, when Jay B. Starkey Sr. acquired 16,000 of pastureland and started a ranch, the Starkey family has been one of Pasco County's leading benefactors, investing and reinvesting money, land and personal time to the betterment of the community. Jay B. Starkey Jr. and wife Marsha recently continued that family tradition by pledging $1 million to the expansion of Morton Plant North Bay Hospital. ...more

June 27, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A $49 million expansion project will nearly double the size of the Morton Plant North Bay Hospital campus, with construction starting in earnest by the end of June. The 122-bed hospital at 6600 Madison St. has gone through several transformations since it opened in 1965, as the county-owned West Pasco Hospital. Nothing as extensive as the latest metamorphosis, however, has ever taken place at the hospital, administrators indicate. ...more

June 21, 2008