Rattlesnake fest not hiss-tory after all
New organizers have stepped forward to take over the management of the San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival & Run, an event that had appeared to be headed toward extinction. The Thomas Promise Foundation will be taking over reins of running the ...
Principal offers overview for middle school parents, students
The vibe was upbeat as music played and a slideshow offered images of Cypress Creek Middle High, a new school under construction off Old Pasco Road. Parents and students filed into the Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel High ...
Ice arena offers plenty of room, action
There’s no shortage of activities — or room— at the newly minted Florida Hospital Center Ice. From learning to skate, to playing hockey and curling, there’s plenty to do at the much-ballyhooed facility, which measures 150,500 square feet. On Jan ...
Remembering the legacy of Odell Mickens
Odell Kingston Mickens’ legacy as a Dade City educator and civil rights activist endures more than three decades after his death in 1980. When racism and Jim Crow laws denied blacks access to public education during the 1930s, Mickens expanded ...
Heroes for Hire playing the right tunes
Being a boy band with a first release on iTunes is heady stuff. But, Heroes for Hire is getting used to the attention, playing their brand of edgy, alternative rock at venues such as Skipper’s Smokehouse, New World Brewery and ...
Traffic woes may lessen at 41/54
Some relief may be coming in 2018 to reduce the daily traffic jams at U.S. 41 and State Road 54. Frustrations at the intersection are common, as more than 100,000 motorists pass through the intersection every day. Pasco County and ...
Zephyrhills plans to buy property next to City Hall
The conceptual plan of a new City Hall complex in Zephyrhills has taken another step forward. The city council unanimously authorized city manager Steve Spina and city attorney Matt Maggard to negotiate the purchase of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) ...
Nudist tourism needs more exposure
Pasco County is the nudist capital of Florida. The state of Florida is the nudist capital of North America. But, the clothing-optional lifestyle is an often overlooked tourism market that contributes $7.4 billion to the state’s economy annually, according to ...
Zephyrhills police chief applauds award winners
The Zephyrhills Police Department has recognized its annual award recipients for 2016. Police Chief David Shears recognized the department’s annual award recipients for 2016 Police Officer of the Year, Civilian of the Year and Volunteer of the Year during the ...
Escape life’s upheaval at familiar county fair
You don’t need a consumer confidence report to know that the economy is on a rebound trajectory. Instead, just open your eyes to what’s going on in Pasco County, where change, once more, is afoot. You can scarcely swing a ...
Lexus of Wesley Chapel brings new dealership to Pasco
A new dealer will tap into the luxury automobile market in Pasco County with its new showroom under construction near Wiregrass Ranch. Lexus of Wesley Chapel is being built on about 8 acres, next to Wesley Chapel Toyota, at 5300 ...
Festival may slither back to life
The San Antonio Rotary Club is considering four organizations that are interested in taking over the annual San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival & Run. The club announced earlier this month that the 50th festival, held in October, would be its last ...
Make your heart happy: Eat healthy
Here’s the bad news: Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, one in four deaths results from heart disease. Here’s the good news: Heart disease often can be prevented ...
Construction to extend State Road 56
Contractors on the State Road 56 extension are cleared to begin turning dirt. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the roadwork on Feb. 2. The extension is considered an important project by residents, commercial interests and ...
Managing challenges faced by teens
From social media to social pressures, the challenges of a teen are unlikely to go away anytime soon. The stresses aren’t going away for parents, either. To help navigate those issues, the Steinbrenner High Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) hosted its ...
Drug store work left lasting impressions
Tom Touchton was only about 6 years old when he began working at Touchton Drug Store, in the heart of Dade City. He went to work there because his brother, Charlie, who is 3 ½ years older, already was working ...
These kids want to help out
None of these kids are old enough to go out and get a job. They also have trouble finding places where they can volunteer. So, they formed the “Helping Hands Club” to do something about that. Twelve-year-old Caileigh Brown, a ...
Truflight expansion will add 100 jobs
TRU Simulation + Training makes flying as real as it gets for pilots getting a virtual experience of soaring into the skies. The company manufactures flight simulators, and provides the commercial and military markets with pilot training. The subsidiary of Textron ...
Her career touched many lives
Officially, Betsy Crisp’s last day of work was Feb. 3. But, based on her track record, it seems unlikely that the Land O’ Lakes woman will merely kick back and relax. Crisp retired after 29 years as the food and ...
Commissioners approve Connected City
A champagne toast and tethered hot-air balloon rides heralded the groundbreaking for a 7-acre manmade Crystal Lagoon that — when finished — will be large enough for six football fields, end to end. In the background, construction workers stirred dust ...
Ranch Days offered many ways to have fun
Ranch Days offered a weekend of entertainment at the Little Everglades Ranch. There were tethered hot air balloon rides, tours of the ranch, a high-wire act, a snake show, live music, a petting zoo and other ways to have fun ...
Appreciating life, one moment at a time
Roslyn Franken doesn’t take life for granted. She understands its precarious nature. Her father was a prisoner of war in Japan, surviving the Nagasaki atomic bombing. Her mother was a Holocaust survivor, and later, a cancer survivor. And, in 1994, ...
Middle/high school offers new possibilities
Principal Carin Hetzler-Nettles sees countless possibilities for students who will be taught at Cypress Creek Middle/High School, now under construction off State Road 52. Students aren’t the only ones who will have new opportunities, Hetzler-Nettles said. She believes the experience ...
Efforts continue to extend Ridge Road
It’s been two decades and Pasco County is still waiting on a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend Ridge Road — but, a push is on to try to speed things up. U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis ...
Business community buoyed by Trump administration
The business community is mostly bullish about the Trump administration and Trump’s plans to cut taxes and roll back regulations, according to Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economic advisor for Wells Fargo. The Pasco Economic Development Council featured Vitner ...
East Pasco Rocks plays hide-and-seek
East Pasco County residents are having a rockin’ good time – with hide-and-seek painted rocks. On a recent Sunday, members of a new club, East Pasco Rocks, packed a pavilion at Zephyr Park in Zephyrhills for their first group painting ...
Foundation considers its future path
The Heritage Park Foundation is figuring out its future. The foundation, which formed decades ago, has essentially met its major goals of bringing improvements to the park — including a stage, which is now under construction. So, the group met ...
Safeguarding seniors against scams
Awareness is key in protecting yourself against scams, according to Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. Atwater launched Operation SAFE (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation) in 2014 to help protect Florida’s elderly population from financial scams and fraud. An Operation SAFE ...
Lutz gardener cultivates generosity
Eighty-five-year-old Elaine Pittman’s love affair with gardening began 7 1/2 decades ago. “My father gave me my first piece of a garden on Long Island when I was about 9 years old. “Every spring, I would go to all of ...
Farewell, and Godspeed, to Adam Kennedy
The call brought Pasco Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning out of an early morning meeting. Crews Lake Middle School was on the phone. The principal hadn’t arrived. There were reports of a terrible wreck along his usual commute, and they were ...
Pucker up for kumquats
Every year when the calendar rolls up against the Dade City Kumquat Festival, I can’t help thinking about a scene from “Doc Hollywood” — the Michael J. Fox movie in which an aspiring Beverly Hills plastic surgeon gets waylaid in ...
Extension Office could get makeover
The Pasco County Fair Association is seeking a state grant to help pay for a $1.1 million upgrade of the Pasco County Extension Office. The Extension Office — which is supported by state and county funding — now leases space ...
Design is final for new Zephyrhills City Hall
When it comes to a new City Hall, the Zephyrhills City Council agreed that “bigger is better.” Council members unanimously approved the design for the new City Hall complex on Jan. 23. The design calls for a two-story building of ...
Pasco approves digital billboards
A 17-year ban on digital billboards in Pasco County has ended. The Pasco County Commission has approved an ordinance to allow an illuminated, multi-image style of billboard advertising. The ordinance allows digital billboards in exchange for fewer static billboards along ...
Connected City vote on Pasco’s agenda
A final decision on an ambitious technology-driven community in eastern Pasco County – known as Connected City – is at hand. The Pasco County Commission will have a final public hearing on the project on Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m., ...
Local residents attend Donald J. Trump’s inauguration
When kindergarten teacher Kimberly Eberhard began her winter break, she never expected she’d have a front seat to history. But, there she was on Jan. 20, watching the nation’s 45th president, Donald J. Trump, taking the oath of office. “It ...
Local women join Women’s March on Washington
When they set out for the 13-hour trek from Lutz to the nation’s capital, the women weren’t sure what to expect. Betsy Murdock, Ivana Sheppard, Ana Torres, Kathy Abrams and Katherine Pogorzelski shared a van to make the trip. Along ...
Kumquat Festival traditions continue
Many came wearing sweaters, or jackets, or long-sleeved shirts — but they came just the same to enjoy the Kumquat Festival in Dade City. “Tens of thousands of people came from all over the Tampa Bay region — residents, winter ...
Festival showcases quilts, horses
The Pioneer Florida Museum is hosting a festival that showcases the strength of draft horses, and the beauty and diversity of quilts. The event is slated for Feb. 4 and Feb. 5. The Southern Draft Horse Pulling Competition will be ...
Exhibit features North Tampa Arts League
Works done by nearly two dozen members of the North Tampa Arts League will be on display in February at Bug’s Splatter Gallery in Zephyrhills. The exhibit will showcase 57 works. It opens with a free reception Feb. 4, from ...
Love — in its many forms — is concert’s theme
Veterans and active service members will be honored at an upcoming concert, that centers on the theme of love, at the University of South Florida. The Love Concert, which is scheduled for Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m., will feature the ...
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