Key roads in and around the city and its beaches will be closed Sunday morning as part of the annual Morton Plant Mease Triathlon. ...more

July 11, 2009

EVENTS BIKE MONTH: March is Florida Bike Month. There will be events throughout the month. Visit www.TampaBay Cycle.com. ...more

March 28, 2009

Beyond passing out cigars after a baby is born the role of a new father pretty much has been overshadowed. While babies don't come with instruction manuals, the three-hour course on March 7 probably is the next best thing. Morton Plant Mease Outpatient Center-Trinity is offering the course from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its facility at 2102 Trinity Oaks Blvd. The cost is $25. To register call 727-462-7500. ...more

February 18, 2009

We can all laugh off those occasional "senior moments" when the brain just seems to take an unscheduled break right in the middle of something, leaving its owner with a puzzled look muttering, "Why did I come in this room?" Morton Plant Mease and Community Aging and Retirement Services are offering "Memory Fit Training," a five-week course to improve memory. The course will be offered from 10 a.m. until noon Tuesdays beginning Oct. 28 at the CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D., Enrichment Center, 12417 Clock Tower Parkway, Hudson. ...more

October 18, 2008

The list of Florida hospitals that rank among the nation's best is noteworthy for who is and isn't there. ...more

July 27, 2008

The Clearwater Threshers minor-league baseball team will go to bat in pink jerseys Aug. 8 for the third annual "Pitch for Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Night" at Bright House Networks Field. ...more

July 19, 2008

The triathlon scheduled for this morning at Sand Key Park has been canceled because of bad weather. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Thunderstorms drifted slowly onshore from the Gulf of Mexico late Saturday and early this morning, flooding streets in west Pasco and forcing organizers to cancel an early morning triathlon. ...more

July 13, 2008

Not long ago, it looked as if Morton Plant Mease North Bay Hospital was going to be left holding the short stick. Both it and Community Hospital of New Port Richey wanted to leave their longtime homes in New Port Richey for the booming Trinity area of southwestern Pasco County. State regulators approved the Community Hospital move but said no to North Bay. At the time, Trinity seemed to have unlimited growth potential, thanks to its rural atmosphere but proximity to jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. It was definitely seen as the place to be. ...more

June 28, 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