One of the city's oldest events, the 35th edition of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce Fine Arts Festival, takes place next weekend in Craig Park. The exhibition of fine artworks from around the country will take place from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28, and 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday, March 29. ...more

March 21, 2009

Schools of monster-size black drum are still prowling lower Tampa Bay; you can see the mass of fish as they cruise the edges of the flat on calm mornings. Waters around Pinellas Point have been good in recent weeks. These are fish of 40 to 50 pounds—they look like redfish on steroids, but the coloration is a silver gray, with bluish tails. ...more

March 20, 2009

GOLF FANS STARTER KIT DIRECTIONS TO THE COURSE: Take U.S. 19 or Belcher Road to Klosterman Road and watch for signs to the public parking located at the St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs campus. ...more

March 19, 2009

No one would argue that interim City Manager Ellen Posivach has had her hands full since taking that position nearly three months ago. So busy, in fact, that it wasn't until the City Council's March 10 meeting that she got around to the small matter of being properly paid for the job she's been doing. Posivach presented an outline for a contract proposal at the meeting. While the Council agreed - for the most part - that she has been doing a fine job and the current terms of employment need to be reviewed, they decided a bit of negotiating was in order. ...more

March 18, 2009

If it's not all-natural, it doesn't interest Cheryl Russell of Lutz and Terri Christopher of Tarpon Springs. ...more

March 18, 2009

A 73-year-old man reported missing from Tarpon Springs on Saturday has returned home, police said. ...more

March 15, 2009

Sometimes it takes a little shake-up to get things back on track. That may be the case for Tarpon Springs High baseball and first-year head coach Vinny Parisi. ...more

March 14, 2009

At a time when they are being utilized more and more, local libraries are feeling the impact of a major budget squeeze from multiple funding sources. With the coming budget year threatening to produce more of the same, the leaders of north-county libraries have been exploring how they might work together to meet their patrons' needs. ...more

March 14, 2009

The world has dramatically changed for both small and big business. So the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce has created a series of seminars to help entrepreneurs avoid the pitfalls of starting a business and teach the latest business-survival lessons. ...more

March 14, 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