Travelers not interested in art or parades should stay away from downtown Tarpon Springs on Sunday afternoon if they want to avoid heavy congestion from the Greek Indolence Day Parade and Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce Fine Art Show. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Epiphany cross and its year of blessings went to a 17-year-old athlete already blessed with exceptional talent. ...more

January 6, 2009

At 10 on a recent morning, seven white homing pigeons auditioned for the role of a lifetime. ...more

January 4, 2009

On a mid-December morning, Chris Kavouklis was nearing the end of his first semester in college. Finals were nearly over, and he was looking forward to coming home to Tampa. ...more

January 3, 2009

On Jan. 6 many followers of the Orthodox faith make a pilgrimage to Tarpon Springs to celebrate the spirit of Epiphany. Theophany, the Greek name for Epiphany, means "the Lord shining forth" or "manifestation of God." In the Greek Orthodox and other Eastern Rite Christian churches, Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. ...more

January 3, 2009

Walt Postma, a New Port Richey man, provides the pigeons that play a key role, that of a dove, during the annual Epiphany Celebration in Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 3, 2009

Epiphany is a perfect time to visit Tarpon Springs and soak up Greek culture like a sponge. ...more

January 2, 2009

Ioana Bociu tried to remain calm after finding out she had been accorded a great honor for a young woman of the Greek Orthodox faith in Tarpon Springs. "I'm not one to jump up and down, but I was smiling," the 18-year-old Bociu said. "I was jumping up and down inside." Bociu will be the dove bearer at Tarpon Springs' 102nd observance of the Feast of the Epiphany this Tuesday, Jan. 6. ...more

January 2, 2009

TARPON SPRINGS -- Late last Saturday afternoon, the Yianni Patterson Memorial Snook Tournament was being heralded as a success with bittersweet overtones. One tournament competitor, Nick Gerakios, was a cousin of the late Yianni Patterson. Patterson was a homegrown guy and avid fisherman, Gerakios said. Like Gerakios, many of the tournament's anglers took a moment or two from the day's excitement to remember their late friend. ...more

July 26, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- The topic of how to deal with the homeless problem is a complex and sensitive issue that is getting worse in Tarpon Springs, said Capt. Robert Kochen. ...more

June 24, 2008