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

October 24, 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

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

George Billiris, sponge merchant, gift shop owner and operator of the tour boat St. Nicholas, has seen a lot in all his decades living and working at the Sponge Docks. ...more

October 4, 2008

Sponge Docks merchants hope a Labor Weekend arts and crafts festival will rejuvenate business in the city's riverfront tourist district. ...more

August 30, 2008

With a little less than a month before the municipal election, three candidates for a lone seat on the City Commission met Thursday at the Rotary Club of Tarpon Springs Forum. ...more

February 16, 2008

Variety is the spice of life, and even along Dodecanese Boulevard, in Tarpon Springs, where the city's pride in its Greek heritage is most prominently on display, man does not live by keftedes or souvlaki alone. ...more

December 15, 2007

Police Chief Mark LeCouris says "enough is enough" when it comes to noise along the Sponge Docks. LeCouris is tired of ongoing abuse of public address systems within the riverfront tourist district and won't take it anymore. ...more

November 17, 2007