It was a small increase, but an increase just the same. Faced with rising energy costs to keep New Port Richey illuminated at night, city staff had recommended the city council raise the street-lighting fee by 22 percent. ...more

June 5, 2008

A group of fourth- and fifth-graders from Marlowe Elementary School will take on the world in a couple of days, and as they do, they can take with them a reminder that the folks back home are behind them. ...more

May 28, 2008

The presidential election still is months away, as is balloting for state and county races. But Pasco County's voters won't have to wait until then to go to the polls. ...more

February 20, 2008

Most people drive down the city's main thoroughfare and see a ghost town of empty sidewalks, unfilled storefronts, vagrants and for-sale signs. ...more

February 14, 2008

Lawyer Scott McPherson wants to get Main Street Landing moving again, and that's one of the reasons that he is running for mayor. ...more

January 28, 2008

If elected mayor in the 2008 municipal election, Scott McPherson would strive to get the stalled Main Street Landing condo-retail construction project moving again. "The bottom line is that it needs to get back on track," McPherson, an attorney who announced Tuesday he is running for mayor in the April 8 city election, said of the long-stalled condo-commercial project. ...more

January 26, 2008

Local attorney Scott McPherson threw his hat into the ring today as a candidate for mayor of New Port Richey in the April 8 city elections. If elected mayor, McPherson said he would strive to get the stalled Main Street Landing project moving again. ...more

January 22, 2008