Taxes in Zephyrhills, Dade City to remain steady
Property taxes are not expected to rise in either Zephyrhills or Dade City after governments in both cities put together 2014 budgets. The rate in Zephyrhills was tentatively set at 6.1415 mills ahead of its Sept. 16 meeting, where the ...
Nothing expected to change at Pasco Regional after takeover
Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City is now under new ownership after a $7.6 billion buyout of its parent company. Health Management Associates Inc., the Largo-based company that owns Pasco Regional and 22 other hospitals in Florida, was sold ...
Historic Jeffries House seeks place in 21st century
It has a small yard begging for some tender loving care. Overgrown bushes, untrimmed trees, brown grass desperate for water. The house that it surrounds, empty for the past few years, could almost find a place among neighborhood children’s haunted ...
Kumquat Festival considered one of Southeast’s best
Once again, when tourists start looking for Florida-based events to attend, they will find Dade City’s annual Kumquat Festival among the top they should visit. The 17th annual event, which takes place Jan. 25, was awarded a “Top 20 Event” ...
New Zephyrhills library will offer more choices for patrons
Edward Bent will soon bring his young stepdaughter, Calee Heinlein, to a place stocked with more children’s stories than it ever has had. That’s because city officials in Zephyrhills plan to build a new public library to replace the one ...
What ever happened to that old black-and-white TV?
Marty and I were invited to our new friend’s house to see a Yankee vs. Red Sox game on his new TV. We were in our car traveling to his home that is in a nearby town of Colchester when ...
Roy Hooker: State Farm Agent For 23 Years
Q. Describe your business and your typical customer. State Farm's mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams. We are people who make it our business to be like ...
Business Digest
Krista Covey to lead business incubator Krista Covey is the new economic development manager of SMARTstart, Pasco County’s first business incubator. The incubator, at the Dade City Business Center and Dade City Office Plaza, will help small companies and startup ...
Wesley Chapel’s newest surgeon is a robot named da Vinci
Adventist Health System has always stayed on the cutting edge of medicine, dating back to the 19th century when doctors employed by the company championed the dangers of smoking and the health benefits of a little fresh air. Now the ...
Woman vs. gator: A sport and food source going mainstream
She arrived to the Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce mixer last week at the recently reopened Beef O’ Brady’s at the Village Lakes Shopping Center with long blonde hair, perfectly manicured nails and an inviting smile – to represent her ...
Building homes for the poor abroad
Since the buses and trucks couldn’t carry them up the goat path on the mountainous outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Crystal McDaniel and 55 other volunteers trudged up the cliff-like slope — lugging hammers, chainsaws, belts and other construction tools. They were ...
Rivera to drum steelpan all the way to Trinidad
She’s used it in concerts, recorded it in albums and even has had the music she’s created with it featured on The Weather Channel. But next February, if she can raise the funds, Bickley Rivera will face the ultimate challenge ...
Collecting memories to preserve history
The interviewing techniques used by National Public Radio’s StoryCorps project will be used locally to create a special collection tracing the history of African-American life in Hillsborough County. Millions of NPR listeners are familiar with stories collected through StoryCorps.org and ...
Central Bank instrumental in dachshund rescues
There’s an office in the Central Bank in north Tampa, which plays a role in a dachshund rescue group’s mission. The office, a stone’s throw from Wesley Chapel on the Pasco County line, acts as a way station for the ...
Shoppers can benefit during state’s sales tax holiday
It’s that time of year again, when families start gearing up for a new academic year by shopping for new school clothes, shoes, supplies and backpacks. Just in time for those back-to-school purchases, Florida is having its sales tax holiday ...
Inspired to help others
Nine-year-old Jack Buttafuoco and his mom, Melissa, recently were at a Dunkin’ Donuts when they saw an advertisement in The Laker/Lutz News for a summer food drive to help fight hunger locally. The Seven Oaks youngster was inspired to get ...
Startups will have a place to call home
The Dade City Business Center and Dade City Office Plaza was once the site of one of the largest juice processing plants in the world, teeming with more than 2,000 employees. It fell into disrepair through the decades, but, in ...
The kindness of strangers and friends
Cameron Perez had planned to spend part of his winter break from Gaither High riding along with a friend who was moving to Indianapolis. They wanted to share the ride, have some fun and then fly back home before school ...
Dade City Main Street: a quarter-century of change
With its quaint shops, historic courthouse and collection of restaurants, it’s hard to picture the slice of Americana that is downtown Dade City as a place once characterized by vacant storefronts and buildings falling into disrepair. But that’s precisely what ...
Pet of the week 4/24/13
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Plan to cut media specialists on hold
The Pasco County School Board wants more information before they decide on superintendent Kurt Browning’s proposal to eliminate school media specialists and literacy coaches. Browning’s package of proposed budget cuts calls for eliminating 56.5 media specialist positions and 33 literacy ...
Caitlin Ruddy’s got a song in her soul
Caitlin Ruddy cannot recall any stage in her life when music didn’t matter, and at this point, the 22-year-old said her entire world revolves around it. The soprano, a Land O’ Lakes native, will soon be showcasing her talent at ...
Romo makes Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
Margarita Romo will be the first to tell you that she is a flawed woman and that some people simply do not like her. But the path she’s traveled led her to advocating for farm workers, immigrants and the poor ...
County searches for next administrator
The Pasco County Commission expects to select a new county administrator by the end of May to replace the retiring John Gallagher. The details haven’t been worked out completely, but commissioners indicated at their April 10 meeting they’d like to ...
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