Tarpon Springs News

Robin Goldman, 53, picked up the smoking habit when she was in high school. Since attending a hypnosis session at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital on Sept.

The Tarpon Springs Police Department investigated one of its own after he was accused of slashing a man's bike tires.

Attorney Francis Matthew King believes he has the ability to lead the city to grow in a smart direction while focusing on its small businesses and historic character.

Parking is at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, 2900 Bayport Drive, Tampa. The Clearwater Jolley Trolley will be available to take guests to the south side of the causeway east of Rocky Point Drive, where the ceremony will take place.

The seventh annual Downtown Dunedin Craft Festival will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday along Main Street.

One example of the damage inflicted on local government authority by Senate Bill 360, the pro-growth bill signed into law by Gov.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. Between the economy and hot summer days, shoppers have become elusive to the point of disappearing, say antique and collectible shop owners from Dunnellon to Williston to Ocala.

City Commissioner Robin Saenger was so enthralled by a Chinese town she hiked through last year she inquired if it and Tarpon Springs could become sister cities.

Judy Gary, 51, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., was arrested for attempting to traffic with an inmate Tuesday at the Putnamville Correctional Facility.

Tarpon Springs will kick off its multiweek Summer Solstice Festival of the Performing Arts today, with " A Night of the Islands," featuring Greek music and dancing from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Sponge Docks on Dodecanese Boulevard.

The city of Tarpon Springs Cultural Treasures Program announces its opening event of the first annual Summer Solstice Festival of the Performing Arts, a seven week festival of music, dance, theater, and workshops in four historic venues.

Geraldine D. "Ba Ba" Ford had just finished helping her best friend care for her grandchildren when she was hit by two vehicles and killed while crossing U.S. 19 at Moog Road in Pasco County.

Often cited as one of the world's top fingerstyle, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi is coming to Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 27, 8 p.m. The show is part of the city's Summer Solstice Festival celbration.

The city's Police Department has tightened the reins on a program that allows residents to ride with police after an officer engaged in a relationship with a teenage participant.

Libby Svenson, 14, a rising ninth grader at East Lake High School, never knew her great-grandfather, Andrew Svenson, but she grew up surrounded by the books he wrote.

Pinellas County authorities have identified the man who died Monday in a Palm Harbor marina accident.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 6:46 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 6:46 a.m. HOLIDAY Authorities are searching for two drivers who hit a woman on U.S. 19 in Holiday on Friday night.

Authorities are searching for two drivers who hit a woman on U.S. 19 in Holiday on Friday night.

The Florida Highway Patrol is searching for the drivers of two cars involved in a fatal hit and run accident last night.

While most local governments in Pinellas County are stressing over major budget cuts and layoffs this year, Tarpon Springs is doing little hand wringing.