Carol Vaporis still isn't sure what's in store for her consignment shop next Tuesday. Feb. 10 is when the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is supposed to go into effect. The law mandates rigorous tests for lead levels in children's toys, clothes and other items. Vaporis, who owns Duck Duck Goose Consignment, a store near S.R. 54 and Seven Springs Boulevard, is concerned over possible unintended consequences of the law. ...more

February 7, 2009

Pasco County commissioners hope to turn a corner - literally in this case, after giving the green light to turn-lane additions at the intersection of Little Road and Hudson Avenue. ...more

February 4, 2009

Students in Seven Springs Middle School's Lead the Pack program learn a great deal about how the real world works by performing community service projects. Zoe Pappas and Danielle Kuehner had a big idea for their project but no clue on how to make it happen. So they employed a tried-and-true adage: go with what works. In this case, they turned to state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. ...more

January 31, 2009

People get so busy rushing from one place to another they tend to become "human doings" instead of "human beings," Royce M. Decker said at the Business Development Week kickoff luncheon Monday. ...more

January 29, 2009

Consumer safety authorities want to get the lead out of products for children, but some West Pasco shopkeepers are concerned a draconian new law could force them out of business. Carol Vaporis, owner of the Duck Duck Goose Consignment store, near S.R. 54 and Seven Springs Boulevard, is among those protesting unintended consequences of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act going into effect Feb. 10. ...more

January 14, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time. ...more

January 11, 2009

Parents and students might want to check those book bags one more time before the holiday break is over for an important piece of information that was distributed at several area schools. It could save a lot of confusion at the start of the next school year. Brochures were distributed among ninth- and 10th-graders at Gulf and Mitchell high schools and to students at Gulf, Paul R. Smith and Seven Springs middle schools in anticipation of the opening of Anclote High School at the start of the 2009-10 school year. ...more

December 31, 2008

Teacher Arlene Martinez was a bit surprised the day Erin Brown, 13, came to her with an unusual, but touching, request. ...more

December 25, 2008

Save the pennies and they will grow into dollars, the old adage goes. ...more

December 24, 2008

Chabad Jewish Center of West Pasco invited the community to celebrate the Festival of Lights at a public menorah kindling ceremony with State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, on Monday at the Chelsea Place Shopping Center, 1346 Seven Springs Blvd., New Port Richey. Hot latkes and doughnuts were served and there were games for the children. ...more

December 24, 2008