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Berry Whitehorn said she couldn’t believe how many people from the New Port Richey police department showed up at her home on Madison Street.

BELLEAIR — For the second time in six weeks, the Belleair Town Commission held a special meeting on a weekday afternoon to discuss filling the town manager’s position in the

Tarpon Springs police chief retires and is replaced by familiar face Robert Kochen spent the last of this three decades on the force as police chief. Maj. Jeff Young becomes the city’s new chief.   Updated Mar. 12 After 32 years with the Tarpon Springs Police Department and the last decade spent leading it, Police Chief Robert Kochen retired Thursday. His replacement is a familiar face in the city: Maj. Jeff Young, who has spent most of his life in Tarpon Springs. Both chiefs were honor...

Epiphany 2021: Here’s what you need to know Tracey McManus, Tampa Bay Times © Douglas R. Clifford/Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS A couple walks near Spring Bayou where dinghys are tethered to create a semi circle on Tuesday in Tarpon Springs, in advance of the 115th Epiphany Celebration today. The annual Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs this year will much different than usual because of the corornavirus pandemic. Here’s what you need to know about today’s event, norma...

For the first time, spectators are banned from attending Tarpon Springs Epiphany By Matthew McClellan and FOX 13 News Staff Published  File image of previous Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, Fla. TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - Tarpon Springs Epiphany celebration typically draws thousands of spectators, but when the young divers head into the water in January, the event will be closed to the public for the first time in 115 years.  The city made the call because of the risk of COVID-19 a...