TRINITY -- Larry M. Starnes is banking on bigger and better things as the new president of 4-year-old Patriot Bank. The Trinity-based community bank with five branches in West Pasco and North Pinellas lured Starnes from Wachovia Bank, where he was formerly the area president for Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. ...more

August 6, 2008

Misery loves company, the saying goes. When it comes to record gasoline prices, there's plenty of misery to go around for everyone. ...more

July 20, 2008

The Pasco County School District is building a high school in the Holiday area that is scheduled to open at the start of the 2009-10 school year. Since the school, per School District policy, is now known only as "High School FFF," it is going to need a less prosaic name. The district is asking the public for suggestions on what the school should be named. The School Board will have the final say on the naming. ...more

July 16, 2008

After numerous delays, the first fire station in the Trinity area is taking shape on Trinity Boulevard about a quarter mile east of State Road 54. ...more

June 29, 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

TRINITY - While a long-delayed fire station is under construction in Trinity, county officials pretty much have closed the book on building a Trinity library branch anytime soon. A library project in the booming area of Trinity looked like it might take off in 2005 with a state grant for more than $430,000. At one time there was talk of co-locating a Trinity fire station with a library and passive park, Dan Johnson, Pasco's assistant county administrator for public services, recalled. ...more

June 25, 2008

TRINITY - Where's the fire? After numerous delays, the first fire station in the Trinity area is taking shape on Trinity Boulevard about a quarter mile east of S.R. 54. Crews could complete the project by spring 2009, county officials report. ...more

June 25, 2008

TRINITY - Instead of just talking about overweight children, James P. Gills Family YMCA and All Children's Hospital decided to do something about it. They are offering the summer program Fit4AllKids at the Gills YMCA at 8411 Photonics Drive in the Trinity area. Registration continues through the first session June 23. ...more

June 18, 2008

While the housing market is still trying to pull out of a steep nosedive, the value of houses in this portion of southwestern Pasco County has weathered the housing crisis better than many areas. ...more

June 15, 2008

HUDSON -- A new bus service catering to riders with disabilities will provide a cross-county link for the first time. The nonprofit Center for Independence is offering New Freedom Transportation, supervisor Roberta Cleland explained Friday. The service will make three trips each weekday in a loop between its Hudson office and Dade City. ...more

June 13, 2008