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🌱 Patch AM: Where should Tarpon Springs residents take old holiday lights and trees?
Coming up: 3RD ANNUAL TARPON SPRINGS GALA on the Tarpon Springs Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Where should Tarpon Springs residents take old holiday lights and trees?
Also on today's calendar: Salsa on Sundays! and 2 more events.
Find out what's happening in Tarpon Springsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Tarpon Springsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
- Sunday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 73, low: 60.
- Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Holiday cleanup: what to recycle and what to throw away (fox13news.com) — Tarpon Springs residents can recycle burned-out holiday string lights at Anclote Metal Recycling, instead of tossing them in curbside bins. The piece also explains what kinds of wrapping paper, trees, electronics, and batteries should be trashed, recycled, or taken to special drop-off sites across Pinellas and nearby counties so your post-Christmas cleanup is safe and eco-friendly. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tarpon Springs
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★ Featured events ★
- 3RD ANNUAL TARPON SPRINGS GALA
Holiday Lake Estates Civic Association and Community Center, 3624 Atlantis Dr, Holiday
7:00 pm
Saturday December 27
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Other local events
- Salsa on Sundays!
Tarpon Taphouse , 533 Athens St , Tarpon Springs
6:00 pm - Tarpon’s Biggest NYE Party Is HERE! Rock Into 2026 at Whiskey Wings w
Whiskey Wings Tarpon Springs , 40737 US Hwy 19 N , Tarpon Springs
4:00 pm - All PreK-12 and postsecondary schools' classes resume. Second semester begins
Tarpon Springs Fundamental Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 - Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks Craft Festival
Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks , 735 Dodecanese Blvd , Tarpon Springs
10:00 am
Sunday December 28
Wednesday December 31
Monday January 5
Saturday January 10
📣 Tarpon Springs Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- FLORIDA CONCEALED CARRY
Sage Brush Arms , Amber Ln , Palm Harbor
10:00 am - Café y Conversaciones
New Port Richey Public Library , 5939 Main St , New Port Richey
12:30 pm - Afternoon Skating | 2-5pm | $11 Entry
SpinNations Family Skating & Event Center , 8345 Congress St , Port Richey
2:00 pm - 50’s Diner Weekly Cruise-In Car Show
Americana 50's Diner , 1730 US-19 , Holiday
4:00 pm - Family Jam Night | 8-11pm | $11
SpinNations Family Skating & Event Center , 8345 Congress St , Port Richey
8:00 pm - Divine Liturgy
Greater Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce , 1100 Riviere Road , Palm Harbor
9:45 am - Afternoon Skating | 2-5pm | $8 Entry
SpinNations Family Skating & Event Center , 8345 Congress St , Port Richey
2:00 pm
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- MARY LIVED FOR JUST TWO DAYS EACH YEAR: Christmas and her birthday.
Nothing else really mattered. In her mind, the calendar was an impediment filled with page after page of immense anticipation. in fact, as soon as… (Nextdoor Cypress Run) - Looking for handyman to replace toilet and tank.
Old one seems to need a wax ring as water is seeping out and I thought it may be better to change toilet. (Nextdoor Keystone)
- Nesco Resource posted a job opening for Electronics Inspector-2nd Shift in Tarpon Springs. Apply here.
- Naviga posted a job opening for Fire Alarm / Fire Sprinkler Sales Representative in Tarpon Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tarpon Springs here.
🗞 Nearby News
New Port Richey
- West Pasco Community Chronicles: Woman's Civic Club of New Port Richey (suncoastnews.com)
Dunedin
- Christmas 1940 Under Siege: Admiral Hipper and the Battle for the Atlantic (nationalinterest.org)
- Charlie Kirk Road sign reflects poorly on Sumter County officials (villages-news.com)
Port Richey
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