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New Port Richey East is an unincorporated census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States adjacent to New Port Richey. The population was 9,916 at the 2000 census. The population was 9,916 at the 2000 census.
WDUV (105.5 FM "The Dove") is a commercial radio station licensed to New Port Richey, Florida and serving the Tampa Bay Area. Owned by Cox Radio, it broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format. It switches to all-Christmas music for much of November and December. WDUV's studios and offices are in St. Petersburg.
Richey Suncoast Theatre is a historic former movie theatre built in 1925 and later restored for use as a playhouse and community theatre in New Port Richey, Florida. It is named for silent film star Thomas Meighan and opened as the Meighan Theatre on July 1, 1926 with a screening of Meighan's movie The New Klondike .
Elroy M. Avery's personal collection of over 1,000 books was used to help establish the Avery Library and Historical Society on April 10, 1920 (which became the New Port Richey Public Library and West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library). The West Pasco Historical Society was formed in 1973.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PSO) is the law enforcement agency responsible for Pasco County, Florida.It is the largest law enforcement agency within the county, and serves as a full service [peacock prose] law enforcement agency for the over 600,000 citizens of Pasco County, Florida.
The Great Indian Warpath passed through what is now Newport en route to the ancient Cherokee hunting grounds of northeastern Tennessee. [13] The Warpath crossed the Pigeon River at a point approximately 0.2 miles (0.3 km) east of the McSween Memorial Bridge (US-321), in an area where the river is normally low enough to walk across. [14]
Additionally, a tornado near New Port Richey caused major damage to five homes. [1] Throughout the county, damage to private property was $1.5 million, while public property losses were estimated at $26 million. [24] Mesocyclone tracks associated with the outer rainbands of Tropical Storm Debby across Florida on June 24.
Area code 727 covers Pinellas County, Florida (including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Pinellas Park, among many other municipalities, but excluding the majority of Oldsmar), and the western third of Pasco County (including Port Richey, New Port Richey, and Holiday).