Brooksville
GOVERNMENT
Bell to leave Brooksville City Council after December
BROOKSVILLE – In a move sure to provoke concern about the administration of this city, Mayor and Seat 3 City Council Member Blake Bell has announced that he will not serve another term on the City Council. In a letter to Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Shirley Anderson dated...
Flooding from rain causing road closures in Pasco County
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Flooding from rain has closed several roads in Pasco County, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. At this time, the following areas are closed to traffic, according to the sheriff's office:. Port Richey - Northbound lanes on Congress St. at Ridge...
City Council Approves Wastewater Limitations
As both Brooksville and Hernando County await the completion of a sewer interconnect, the city council voted on June 17 to establish a wastewater allocation management system. This was the next step in a continuing effort to deal with wastewater capacity issues at the William S. Smith Water Reclamation Facility. Along with the interconnect, there is also a $20 million expansion of the facility that needs to be completed.
Ground broken in New Port Richey for low-income housing for vets
NEW PORT RICHEY — The Pasco County Housing Authority’s first complex devoted exclusively to providing affordable housing for low-income veterans came one step closer to reality June 17 when ground was broken for Magnolia Oaks. The complex, to be located on a 9.8-acre property at 7338 Massachusetts Ave., will include 77 housing units, an office for a Veterans Affairs staffer to provide support services, a community building and a swimming pool. It is located on a bus line and less than two miles from the New Port Richey VA Clinic on Little Road. The Pasco Housing Authority is an independent authority not officially connected with the government of Pasco County. Mostly supported by tenant rents and funds from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), it manages more than 200 units of housing for low-income people across the county.
Residents Show Their Love for the Spring Hill Waterfall
A group of Hernando County residents organized a protest to preserve the Spring Hill Waterfall after several commissioners discussed its possible removal at a county workshop earlier this month. “They brought up that maybe we need to reconfigure it so it could give more space to properly flow that traffic...
City department heads present tentative budgets
BROOKSVILLE – The unthinkable might have to become reality at some point. This city, which gave up its police department in June 2018 and now contracts with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, might eventually have to merge its fire department with Hernando County Fire Rescue. Department heads presented...
Non-reappointment of Deltona principal brings crowd to School Board meeting
BROOKSVILLE – A large crowd of parents, teachers and supporters in green T-shirts came out to plead for a principal in Hernando County’s schools who was “non-reapppointed” for violating the district’s “flex-time” policy. Debi Shellabarger led Deltona Elementary School and was let go,...
You Thrive presents workforce housing plan
BROOKSVILLE — A piece of property on Smith Street in the city could become an affordable housing location, according to home designer Nick Holmes and Richard Sanvenero, program director for House to Homes for You Thrive Florida. “We can build six affordable, workforce housing, right here in the city...
Around town: Pasco news briefs
ROCHESTER, NY -- Alexus King of Holiday has graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in ASL-English interpretation. Nearly 4,500 degrees were conferred in the 2023-2024 academic year at all of RIT's campuses. RIT's academic convocation celebration was held in May and featured remarks by Patricia "Pattie" Moore, a distinguished designer and trailblazing alumna of the class of 1974.
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