North Pinellas is the place to be this fall and winter to experience a variety of festivals. ...more

October 24, 2009

Restoration has been completed on the Tarpon Springs. The city's sponge boat, which has become an attraction and photo opportunity at the Sponge Docks, is once again shipshape. ...more

September 18, 2009

By June Tarpon Spring's sponge boat tourist attraction should be refurbished to its former glory. Repairs to the former sponge boat that bears the city's name are being undertaken as the city focuses revitalization efforts on sprucing up its Sponge Dock's cultural district, along Dodecanese Boulevard. The work would include restoration of the City Marina, to the east of the Sponge Docks. ...more

March 28, 2009

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

Working boats tied up along the Sponge Docks is one of this city's most iconic images. Tuesday night, the City Commission decided to take a stab at implementing a fee that would keep all other vessels from docking in the prized slots along the Anclote River. ...more

March 21, 2009

The wounded veteran had only one arm and one leg, but his remaining foot kept time to the music. ...more

March 16, 2009

If these shops could only talk. Over the 80 years it has occupied the spot, a commercial building on North Pinellas Avenue at Athens Street has seen a lot of changes in an area that once was part of this city's thriving sponge industry. ...more

March 7, 2009

There is a lot of pride stuffed into this taqueria. Taqueria, Spanish for "little taco shop," is a term initially coined for popular outdoor taco stands. The Aguirre family opened Tacos Cielito Lindo, named after the Mexican popular song with the "Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay" refrain, a year ago. The taqueria is in a storefront at 672 E. Tarpon Ave., just west of U.S. 19. ...more

February 21, 2009

Mamma Mia! There is going to be a little something different to see at the Sponge Docks next month. The city's Recreation Department will bring its popular quarterly movie series to the Hellenic cultural district Saturday, March 7, with a showing of "Mamma Mia!" ...more

February 21, 2009

Valentine's Day will be celebrated here in the downtown Arts and Antique District and the Sponge Docks. Tarpon Avenue antique merchants will observe the day by paying homage to romance and love with special offerings at their individual shops and restaurants. ...more

February 14, 2009