Aripeka News

That's where he first met and formed a fast friendship with pop artist James Rosenquist, who'd just relocated from New York to Aripeka, a picturesque town located just south of Weeki Wachee Gardens on the Gulf Coast.

Commissioner Jack Mariano should curb his petulance toward federal reviewers of a planned wider, longer channel linking the Gulf of Mexico to a future county park and the proposed SunWest Harbourtowne resort in northwest Pasco.

It's the environment's annual checkup, and it's the same for the bird population as it is for most of us: The accumulated damage of bad habits is a little more apparent each year, and the news usually get a little worse.

Jobs, economic development, better access to the coast and recreation, a U.S. 19 with sidewalks and a riverwalk coursing through New Port Richey and Port Richey.

The Wake Park Project owner Patrick Panakos, a St. Petersburg native and former professional wakeboarder, said the lake at the former SunWest mine in Aripeka is large enough to accommodate two cable systems, a ropes course, zip lines and an inflatable play area.