Bus riders will get new routes, shorter waits at bus stops
Shorter wait times at bus stops on State Road 54 and a new Land O’ Lakes connector bus route are ready for a roll-out. Effective Aug. 15, riders on Bus Route 54, known as the Cross County Connector, will have ...
Celebrating St. Leo’s storied past
On the surface, the town of St. Leo easily could be underestimated. After all, the town’s population is just 1,350, and it has a tiny town hall. But this place of rolling hills recently turned 125, and its history was ...
Tentative tax rate set in Zephyrhills
The property tax rate in Zephyrhills won’t increase this year. The Zephyrhills city council voted unanimously to set the tentative millage rate at 6.35 mills, the same figure set for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Under state law, now that the ...
Surveys reveal varied results
It’s a tale of two surveys. One of the surveys was mailed to a select number of residents. The other was an online version, available to all Pasco County residents. Some of the results were at odds. The mailed survey ...
Zephyrhills is looking for a new city attorney
For the first time in more than a decade, the City of Zephyrhills needs to find a new city attorney. Joseph A. Poblick, 41, stepped down from the position after Gov. Rick Scott appointed the attorney to the Pasco County ...
Code enforcement crack down in Pasco
A code enforcement sweep along U.S. 41 produced a slew of warnings, citations and three building condemnations. Code enforcement officers with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, county code enforcement inspectors, county building inspectors, and employees of animal control joined for ...
Residential building momentum in Pasco
Motorists cruising on major corridors see bulldozers stirring up dirt on open pasture land or crews in hard hats pounding nails into houses, frame by frame. Billboards are inescapable. They fill the rights of way in clusters along State Road ...
Preserving family history, one Bible at a time
Andy Smith, who attends Van Dyke Church in Lutz, has an unusual hobby. It began about eight years ago, sparked, in part, by the Bible he inherited from his grandmother. The sacred text originally belonged to his great-great grandparents, dating ...
A focus on Florida at the 2016 RNC in Cleveland
By now, the Republican National Convention is “old news” — but to the 99 Florida delegates and their alternates—it will never be forgotten. To them, the convention was serious business, but a lot of fun, too. Here is a brief ...
Reader complaints come with a silver lining
A few weeks back I announced some changes to our home delivery to better match up our readers’ addresses with the edition of our papers that they receive. At the same time, I also welcomed new readers in communities we ...
She goes to bat against cancer
Pam Ingram was admittedly nervous as she waited to toss out the first pitch at Tropicana Field, when the Tampa Bay Rays took on the Baltimore Orioles. After all, she knew a big crowd would be watching — including her ...
False alarms could prompt hefty fines
Pasco County is considering fines ranging from $50 to $500 to help reduce the volume of false alarm calls that waste deputies’ time. Figures collected by the sheriff’s office reveal that deputies responded to more than 17,000 alarm calls from ...
Crews busy building schools in Pasco
Wiregrass Elementary School is set to open this fall in Wesley Chapel. Construction is well under way on a new high school on Old Pasco Road, which will open initially as a high school and a middle school. That campus ...
Bayonet Point’s medical program hits milestone
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has graduated its first physician from its internal medicine education program. Dr. Katie Groff, an Ohio native, was officially recognized at Bayonet Point’s first commencement ceremony for its Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program in Internal ...
From Dade City, making Gator history
Stipulated: Father-son combinations are scarcely so rare as to be particularly newsworthy in and of themselves. We’ve had father-son presidents of the United States, twice, and fathers have been handing off everything from international corporations to small family businesses almost ...
Grilling up delicious and nutritious foods
When you think of summer fun and food, you usually think of cooking outside in the backyard, at a campground, or even the beach. As you know, in Florida, the weather doesn’t always cooperate, so grilling indoors is another good ...
American Legion seeking Saturday meeting place
The Lutz/Land O’ Lakes American Legion Post 108 has a dilemma. The post decided to have afternoon meetings because many of its members were unable to attend evening meetings due to night vision problems, said Ray Mason, post commander. Having ...
Open house set for watershed master plan
People who want to learn more about the Cypress Creek Watershed Master Plan and drainage projects are invited to an open house on July 26 at 6:30 p.m., at the Lutz Civic Center, 98 First Ave., N.W., in Lutz. The ...
Catch a litterbug, get a reward
Pasco County residents can now earn a little cash and help the county clean up at the same time. Pasco County has announced a new program that provides $50 rewards to those who help the county identify and catch litterbugs ...
Zephyrhills to get $6 million City Hall
The Zephyrhills City Council has approved an agreement with an architectural firm based on plans for a new $6 million city hall. Council members voted unanimously on July 11 to approve a $590,900 contract with the architecture firm Harvard Jolly, ...
Helpers needed for Stuff the Bus
Efforts are under way to collect and distribute school supplies to Pasco County teachers through the sixth annual Stuff the Bus campaign. The goal is to provide supplies to fulfill requests by Pasco County teachers. “Over 1,000 teachers have signed ...
Protecting Northeast Pasco’s rural nature
More than a decade ago, Pasco County adopted a future land use goal of preserving the character of what is dubbed its “northeast rural area.” Bellamy Brothers Boulevard, the Green Swamp, State Road 52 and the Hernando County line define ...
Pasco eyes $1.5 billion budget
Pasco County commissioners are looking at a projected budget of about $1.5 billion for 2017. The proposed budget holds the line on new taxes, but allows some room for new services, programs, staff hires and capital improvements. As county staff ...
Grades slip at numerous local schools
The Florida Department of Education has released its annual school grades, and the news was not good for numerous Pasco County schools in The Laker/Lutz News’ coverage area. “As soon as I saw the information, I was pretty distraught,” said ...
Trouble at the ‘library’
There’s been some trouble at the library. OK, this library isn’t a lending library, it’s a giving library. Books for Troops promotes literacy by giving reading materials to soldiers, veterans and their families. It ships them to far-off places and ...
Is there nothing Pokémon Go can’t do?
There was, according to the signs on the heir apparent’s mobile phone, a Dodrio somewhere nearby, and as experts in the field will assure you, a Dodrio sighting is as rare as it is pulse-quickening. Which explains how the lad ...
Having fun, and learning, at the library
There’s more than just books to check out It won’t be long before school bells ring in a new year, but before they do, there’s still ample opportunity to have fun at local libraries during summer break. There also are ...
Apparently, we think Pasco is on the right track
With November’s quadrennial Election Day looming ever larger on our calendars, the importance of what Americans tell pollsters about the condition of the country swells almost by the moment. Indeed, it scarcely matters just now, in the middle of July ...
Paper recyclables permitted at curb
Curbside recycling is expanding. For the first time in Pasco County’s recycling history, newspaper, cardboard and other mixed paper are now eligible for the county’s curbside pickup program. No additional fees will be charged. Residents who pay for twice-a-week trash ...
Hillsborough County seeks input for parks and recreation
At locations around Hillsborough County, officials from the Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation department are meeting with residents to discuss future recreational plans for the county. On June 27, the public input session was held at the Northdale Community Center ...
New hangar coming to Zephyrhills Airport
A new hanger is being constructed at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport for the first time in 16 years. The 10,000-square-foot hangar, located on the northwest portion of the airport property, broke ground on June 22. Canco General Contractors expects to ...
Pioneer descendants receive honor
On the momentous occasion when Florida issued its first drivers’ licenses in 1940, Ruth Smith made history. County Judge O. L. Dayton Jr., pulled a desk into the hallway at the Dade City courthouse and plopped the 17-year-old into a ...
Using technology to enrich learning
There was a quiet buzz around the room, as teachers conferred with their colleagues. They were working in teams, planning projects they will use in the coming year that will infuse technology into their daily teaching. The 20 teachers, from ...
New yogurt shop coming to Lutz
A new yogurt shop — sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt — plans to open soon in a storefront in the Willow Bend Town Centre, at 22920 State Road 54, at Collier Parkway in Lutz. The center’s anchor, Kmart, closed in mid-March ...
JCPenney announces 250 jobs
JCPenney stores in the Tampa Bay area, including Pasco County, are taking applications for 250 jobs, according to an email announcement from the national department store chain. Many jobs are part-time, but company officials say most positions can be stepping ...
Forester’s days are anything but routine
One day, Mona Neville may be riding in an airplane over Pasco County searching for signs of Southern Pine Beetle infestations. Another day, she may be talking to a homeowner who wants to create a stewardship plan for his property, ...
Lutz celebrates Independence Day
Lutz was awash in red, white and blue, during the community’s Independence Day celebration. Tributes to Old Glory showed up on T-shirts, hats, shorts and skirts. There were patriotic socks and headbands, too. Runners took part in a 5K or ...
Thousands enjoy festivities at Connerton
Rain threatened to spoil the celebration, but the weather cleared just about time that festivities were set to begin at the Nation Celebration Independence Day Party at Connerton. The rain stopped around 5 p.m. — the time the July 2 ...
The agony of justice frozen in legal amber
An aphorism as old as jurisprudence itself is enduring a strain in the courtroom of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Susan Barthle. You know the one: “Justice delayed is justice denied.” Last week, Barthle set a February hearing for the linchpin of ...
New centers coming soon to Land O’ Lakes
What the Great Recession took away, boom times are bringing back. Three properties in Land O’ Lakes, along U.S. 41 and State Road 54, are poised to deliver new restaurants, retail and offices. All three sites languished as the economy ...
Pasco seeking diversified growth, speaker says
When Bill Cronin took the helm of the Pasco Economic Development Council, he didn’t view himself as being on a rescue operation. “I’m here because we’ve got a good product and a winning team,” said Cronin, who joined the Pasco ...
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