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      <title>Starkey Blueberry Farm in Trinity offering pick-your-own strawberries for first time</title>
      <link>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/starkey-blueberry-farm-in-trinity-offering-pick-your-own-strawberries-for-first-time</link>
      <description>Historic Starkey Blueberry Farm in Trinity switches gears and offers pick-your-own strawberries for the very first time.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 07:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Sean Daly</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<html lang="en">    <head>        <meta charset="utf-8">        <meta property="op:markup_version" content="v1.0">                    <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/starkey-blueberry-farm-in-trinity-offering-pick-your-own-strawberries-for-first-time">                <meta property="fb:article_style" content="default">    </head>            <p>The Starkey Family has farmed in the Tampa Bay area for more than 100 years.</p><p>The historic family's claim to fruit fame is blueberries. Pick-your-own events at their Trinity farm are extremely popular.</p><figure class="op-interactive"> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d56260.26665343595!2d-82.64773280642089!3d28.199209654401294!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0xa60ecc2fd7ed57f4!2sStarkey%20Blueberry%20Farm!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1610695206377!5m2!1sen!2sus" width="600" height="300"></iframe></figure><p>This year, for the very first time, <b><a href="http://www.starkeyblueberryfarm.com/">Starkey Blueberry Farm</a></b> is growing strawberries.</p><p>You can pick as many as you want. U-Picks are $4 per pound.</p><p>"These are a nice variety called Brilliance, and they're very tasty," says Trey Starkey, the farm's head honcho.</p><p>For the first three weeks of the season, Starkey strawberries have been just as popular as blueberries. Picking usually starts at 11 a.m., with that day's available crops wiped out by noon.</p><p>If you plan on heading to Starkey Farm to pick strawberries, make sure to check <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/starkeyblueberryfarm/">their Facebook page</a></b> for times and availability.</p>    </html>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Crossing guard to protect Trinity trick-or-treaters this year after truck hit 6-year-old boy in 2019</title>
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      <description>A community is rallying together to get a traffic light at a busy Trinity intersection one year after a six-year-old boy was seriously injured when a truck hit him while trick-or-treating. This comes as they've secured a crossing guard to protect trick-or-treaters this Halloween.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:05:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/crossing-guard-to-protect-trinity-trick-or-treaters-this-year-after-truck-hit-6-year-old-boy-in-2019</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<html lang="en">    <head>        <meta charset="utf-8">        <meta property="op:markup_version" content="v1.0">                    <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.tampabay28.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/crossing-guard-to-protect-trinity-trick-or-treaters-this-year-after-truck-hit-6-year-old-boy-in-2019">                <meta property="fb:article_style" content="default">    </head>            <p>TRINITY, Fla.  One year after a six-year-old boy was seriously injured when a truck hit him while trick-or-treating, a community is rallying together to get a traffic light at a busy Trinity intersection.</p><p>Neighbors say they have also secured a crossing guard to protect trick-or-treaters this Halloween.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/6-year-old-boy-flown-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-truck-while-trick-or-treating-in-trinity">PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 6-year-old boy flown to hospital after being hit by truck while trick-or-treating in Trinity</a></b></p><p>Dominic Keyes was hit by a truck at the intersection of Starkey Boulevard and Town Avenue around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Florida Highway Patrol says he was walking in a marked crosswalk with his twin brother when he was hit.</p><figure class="op-interactive"> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3516.1163482403795!2d-82.64499938492702!3d28.203777482588873!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x88c296ae810f74ab%3A0x313e47dbc2ccb668!2sStarkey%20Blvd%20%26%20Town%20Ave%2C%20Florida%2034655!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1602745519364!5m2!1sen!2sus" width="600" height="450"></iframe></figure><p>According to FHP, a 61-year-old Port Richey man was driving a 1999 Ford F150 failed to stop and hit Dominic.</p><p>Nurses who saw the crash jumped in to help, and Dominic was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. He is now recovering at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital. His father, Chris Keyes, said his wife and both boys were all nearly hit by the truck.</p> dominic-keyes.png<p>"I was convinced he died on the spot. Just the way, the slam, how hard, how fast. Everything," he told ABC Action News in 2019.</p><p>Tim Shea, who owns a nearby salon and witnessed the crash, ran over to help.</p><p>"Just seeing a little kid lying motionless and when I went up to him and saw his face. I felt he was gone," said Shea in November 2019.</p><p>Shea has spent the last month working to ensure traffic patrol officers can monitor the intersection this Halloween. He posted the story again on several social media neighborhood pages and said tremendous community support followed.</p><p>"A number of people have stepped forward and we will have a patrol officer directing traffic at that intersection for the kids to be able to cross safely," Shea said in an interview via Zoom.</p><p>This includes volunteer community service officers who were at the scene last year. Shea said it's looking very likely that one of them will be the one on-site this Halloween.</p><p>This comes as Shea has spent the last year contacting local leaders, pushing for a more permanent fix: a traffic light at Starkey Boulevard and Town Avenue. He said this is critically important as more people are now using the crosswalk.</p><p>"With COVID, the number of walkers is just phenomenal the amount of people," Shea said. "They put up a flashing light, but during the day, you can't see it."</p><p>Shea said earlier this week, he got a call from Pasco County Commissioner Kathryn Starkey, who told him the county is now in the research and study phase of seeing if the intersection is eligible for a traffic light.</p><p>The Keyes family says despite suffering some broken pelvic bones, scrapes and bruises, Dominic has recovered from the crash.</p>    </html>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Pasco County road projects aimed at easing congestion, improving safety are starting in 2020</title>
      <link>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/pasco-county-road-projects-aimed-at-easing-congestion-improving-safety-are-starting-in-2020</link>
      <description>Drivers in Pasco County can expect to see several new road projects under construction starting next year that could impact their commute.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:57:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/pasco-county-road-projects-aimed-at-easing-congestion-improving-safety-are-starting-in-2020</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<html lang="en">    <head>        <meta charset="utf-8">        <meta property="op:markup_version" content="v1.0">                    <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.tampabay28.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward/pasco-county-road-projects-aimed-at-easing-congestion-improving-safety-are-starting-in-2020">                <meta property="fb:article_style" content="default">    </head>            <p>PASCO COUNTY, Fla.  Drivers in Pasco County can expect to see several new road projects under construction starting next year that could impact their commute.</p><p>All are designed to increase safety and ease traffic congestion.</p><b><a href="https://www.pascocountyfl.net/2302/2040-Transportation-Plan-Update-Mobility">Check out the Pasco County Long Range Transportation Plan</a></b><p>One of the biggest projects drivers can expect is the expansion of Little Road from four to six lanes. That will be happening from Trinity Boulevard to State Road 54.</p> Little Road Widening Project.png<p>Another major project is the widening of Wesley Chapel Boulevard to six lanes from State Road 56 to Oakley Boulevard.</p><p>There will also be the construction of four new lanes on Ridge Road from Moon Lake to U.S. 41. Pasco County is also adding a new interchange there at the Suncoast Parkway.</p><p>The first leg of the project, between Moon Lake Road and Town Center Boulevard, is designed to ease traffic congestion near River Ridge Middle and High Schools. That part should be open in August 2020.</p><p><b><a href="https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/driving-tampa-bay-forward">DRIVING TAMPA BAY FORWARD | The latest headlines on safety and infrastructure in the Tampa Bay area</a></b></p><p>According to Pasco Countys Long Range Transportation Plan, all of these road expansion projects will include sidewalks and bike lanes.</p><p>The plan also prioritizes safety improvements like new crosswalks, signage and more on roads with high numbers of crashes.</p><p>The plan also includes more options for people who opt to take public transportation. Pasco County is looking to add service on Sundays, an extra three hours of service at night and making sure a bus stops every 15 minutes along Route 19. They are working to make sure a bus stops at least every 30 minutes on every other route.</p>    </html>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Community shows up for 3-year-old's birthday party when no one else did</title>
      <link>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/community-shows-up-for-3-year-olds-birthday-party-when-no-one-else-did</link>
      <description>When a mom took to her community Facebook page to say no one showed up for her 3-year-old daughter's birthday party, the community didn't disappoint.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Emily McCain</author>
      <guid>https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/community-shows-up-for-3-year-olds-birthday-party-when-no-one-else-did</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<html lang="en">    <head>        <meta charset="utf-8">        <meta property="op:markup_version" content="v1.0">                    <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/community-shows-up-for-3-year-olds-birthday-party-when-no-one-else-did">                <meta property="fb:article_style" content="default">    </head>            <p>TRINITY, Fla.  When a mom took to her community Facebook page to say no one showed up for her 3-year-old daughter's birthday party on Sunday, the community didn't disappoint.</p><p>"No one showed up to my 3-year-olds birthday party today. If anyone wants to bring their kids, there is a bounce house. John Chestnut Park. Will be here until 3," Cindy Davis wrote in "Trinity Chat."</p> susprise-bday.png<p>The comments started flooding in and soon after, so did people with balloons, cards and gifts in hand.</p><p>Children deserve all the happiness and joy that they can have on their birthday," Krista Hyde, a mother who showed up said.</p><p>Deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office even showed up to celebrate Paisley.</p><figure> <img src="https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/7f/5f/d1b0fef04fb181ed930f9446ca02/trinity-bday-party2.png"></figure> pinellas-sheriffs-office.png<p>"I just couldnt bear to see her bouncing in a bounce house by herself," Davis said of daughter Paisley.</p><p>So she posted online, but the response was nothing she expected.</p><p>"I really did not expect this at all," she said. "I just thought you know okay someones here, lets welcome them, offer them some food and cake and have a good time and then it didnt stop. And it still hasnt stopped."</p><p>Davis says the outpouring of community support and love is overwhelming. She plans on giving back to the community that showed up for her by donating some of the many gifts her daughter received.</p>    </html>]]></content:encoded>
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