A fresh injection of federal money will help pay up to $600 toward utility bills for older Pasco County residents struggling to make ends meet during the recession. ...more

April 19, 2009

A fresh injection of federal funds will help pay up to $600 toward utility bills for older Pasco County residents struggling to make ends meet during the recession. ...more

April 11, 2009

Efforts to place on the 2008 ballot a property tax to help the county conserve environmentally sensitive lands appeared to be dead late Wednesday afternoon after its backers conceded to a county advisory commission that the worsening economy would dampen its support. ...more

August 1, 2008

Paul King knows the importance of having someone available for a ride to cancer treatment. ...more

July 8, 2008

Every year at annual employee luncheons, Eddie C. Brooks received standing ovations from his peers for his longevity as a city recreation department employee. ...more

June 18, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- They used to have a joke at the Pasco County Public Transportation offices. "Maybe we should paint faces on the windows so people will think the buses are full," Adelaida "Adie" Reyes, the county's community services director, said, referring to PCPT's fixed-route bus system. The Pasco transportation manager, Mike Carroll, smiled at the recollection. He and Reyes can now look back at that former piece of in-house gallows humor and smile. These days, PCPT buses now logs more than 1 million riders a year. ...more

June 7, 2008

During an interview with Pasco County Public Transportation Community Services Director Adelaida "Adie" Reyes and Transportation Manager Mike Carroll about the growing use of PCPT buses, Suncoast News report Klint Lowry asked what sort of marketing tools they use to promote thei service. "I'd say our best promoters are the people who are using our service," Reyes said. "If we are reliable, they will come back." So Lowry decided to take a ride. ...more

June 7, 2008

Commissioners on Monday interviewed two of the four candidates vying to be this city's top administrator. ...more

February 12, 2008

The city of Dunedin lost its living land-use reference library last week when Kevin Campbell retired after nearly 35 years as the community services director. ...more

January 12, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The art of negotiating is nothing new to Ron Govin, chief executive officer of Mark Master, a family-owned and -operated business in Tampa. He considers himself an astute bargainer when it comes to trying to put together deals. That is why Govin, also a Temple Terrace city councilman, was selected in March as the council's representative at meetings between city staff and the developer of the city's downtown revitalization project. ...more

January 2, 2008