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    Duke sues to eject Starkey Market activities from power line property

    By Barbara Behrendt,

    6 days ago
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    Esteban Hernandez of New Port Richey stabs a shovel into the ground where a row of blackberry bushes grow on Tuesday at the u-pick garden at Starkey Market, 3460 Starkey Boulevard in New Port Richey. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]

    Encouraging public recreation and entertainment next to high-voltage electric transmission lines is a bad idea, says Duke Energy in a lawsuit it has filed against the Starkey Market in New Port Richey and its affiliated companies and owners.

    So is using Duke’s land for a blueberry nursery, piling up mulch and debris and storing farm equipment.

    “This is all occurring around and underneath these high voltage power lines,” the suit states.

    The utility is suing to get the market and it’s activities, which include cornhole games, football matches, picnics and concerts, as well as parking for the Starkey Market, to be moved off...

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