You can almost hear the sleigh bells starting to ring in Tarpon Springs. This week city commissioners praised interim City Manager Mark LeCouris' for his sprucing-up of downtown Tarpon Avenue by having holiday decorations placed on utility poles. ...more

November 21, 2008

It was an offer the Tarpon Springs City Commission could refuse. City commissioners were less than eager during their meeting Tuesday night to pay $5 million for an 8-acre parcel of land on the south bank of the Anclote River. ...more

November 21, 2008

Everyone with a finger on the business pulse of Tarpon Springs agrees there is a desperate need to attract shoppers to the Sponge Docks, downtown and other commercial areas of the city. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris said a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission on Tuesday night, which he has dubbed "Promote Tarpon Springs First," can make it happen. ...more

November 8, 2008

Interim Tarpon Springs City Manager Mark LeCouris says a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission Tuesday night can give businesses downtown, at Sponge Docks and in other parts of the city a badly needed boost. Commissioner gave the plan its go-ahead. ...more

November 5, 2008

Long-awaited landscaping of medians along Tarpon and Pinellas avenues will begin earlier than first anticipated. ...more

September 20, 2008

On Tuesday, city commissioners plan to consider whether to approve interim City Manager Mark LeCouris recommendation to reorganize various city departments. ...more

August 23, 2008

The City Commission will be asked Tuesday to decide whether the city should impose additional fees on recreational activities and event organizers. ...more

August 20, 2008

City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. ...more

August 16, 2008

Tarpon Springs City Commission members want a status report on staffing levels at the Fire Department. At their meeting Tuesday night commissioners asked interim City Manager Mark LeCouris to have a report responding to complaints that Fire Department personnel are under stress as a result of understaffing at the department by their next meeting, Aug. 19. ...more

August 14, 2008

City commissioners have put on hold plans to conduct a nationwide search for a city manager – until at least January. The decision was made Tuesday night, a day after the City Commission interviewed representatives from three executive search firms during a work session. ...more

August 6, 2008