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• Former Tarpon Springs youth director priest remembered for a life of service

Also on today's calendar: Free Christmas Party, Grinch. Santa, Food, Prizes, Giveaways, Toys for Tots and Car Show and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 70 and low of 53 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 76, low: 58.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Reverend Father Anthony George Demetri, Boardman, Ohio (wkbn.com) — Tarpon Springs residents may remember Reverend Father Anthony George Demetri, who once served as youth director at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, where he also met his wife. The longtime Greek Orthodox priest later led parishes in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and is being remembered for his compassion, love of Greek culture, and dedication to church life.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tarpon Springs

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 14

• Free Christmas Party, Grinch. Santa, Food, Prizes, Giveaways, Toys for Tots and Car Show
  9750 Little Road,
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Tarpon Springs Holiday Boat Parade
  TARPON(Spring) Bayou crystal Lake , Lake Tarpon Ave , Tarpon Springs
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• 2nd Saturday Market @ Mother Meres – December 13, 2025, Tarpon Springs, FL
  Hellas Parking Lot , 610 Hope St , Tarpon Springs
  9:00 am
• Justin Phillips: Tarpon Springs Distillery w/Ricky Tanner
  Tarpon Springs Distillery , 605 N Pinellas Ave , Tarpon Springs
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Edge Effect Christmas
  Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center - Tarpon Arts , Hall , 324 Pine Street Inside , Tarpon Springs
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Christmas Golf Cart Parade!
  Tarpon Springs Yacht Club , 350 N Spring Blvd , Tarpon Springs
  4:00 pm
• Cartin'Tarpon Golf Cart Parade
  Tarpon Springs Yacht Club , 350 N Spring Blvd , Tarpon Springs
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Double Vision
  Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center - Tarpon Arts , Hall , 324 Pine Street Inside , Tarpon Springs
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• 3RD ANNUAL TARPON SPRINGS GALA
  Holiday Lake Estates Civic Association and Community Center , 3624 Atlantis Dr , Holiday
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• Advanced Tai Chi
  Palm Harbor Library , 2330 Nebraska Ave , Palm Harbor
  1:00 pm
• Snow Place Like Tarpon Springs
  Downtown Tarpon Springs , 1 E Tarpon Ave , Tarpon Springs
  5:00 pm
• Drawing from the holster
  All American Gunslingers , 4321 US-19 , New Port Richey
  6:00 pm
• CHRISTMAS BOAT PARADE & DINNER at CAPT'N JACKS WATERFRONT GRILL
  Capt'n Jack's Waterfront Grill , 21 Oscar Hill Rd , Tarpon Springs
  6:00 pm

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• C.S.T. Connection, Inc. posted a job opening for Accounts Receivable / Shipping in Tarpon Springs. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Palm Harbor

• DeSantis says Schools of Hope will be limited to ‘toughest areas' of Florida (orlandosentinel.com)
• Holiday happenings (tbnweekly.com)
• Loughlin, Edna Joan Marie (Monaghan) (winonapost.com)

New Port Richey

• PHSC grads celebrate success at winter commencement (lakerlutznews.com)
• Looking ahead: Bay Area concerts and activities (tbnweekly.com)

Dunedin

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