Valentine's Day will be celebrated here in the downtown Arts and Antique District and the Sponge Docks. Tarpon Avenue antique merchants will observe the day by paying homage to romance and love with special offerings at their individual shops and restaurants. ...more

February 14, 2009

For the past 20 years, there has been one constant, holiday-time requirement Ridgewood High basketball players can count on over winter break - playing in the Ram Classic. ...more

January 3, 2009

On Jan. 6 many followers of the Orthodox faith make a pilgrimage to Tarpon Springs to celebrate the spirit of Epiphany. Theophany, the Greek name for Epiphany, means "the Lord shining forth" or "manifestation of God." In the Greek Orthodox and other Eastern Rite Christian churches, Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. ...more

January 3, 2009

The back of the mask worn by Boston Bruins' goaltender Tim Thomas bears the wording of caution: Beware of Bear. ...more

December 4, 2008

"American Idiot" kicked Green Day into levels of respectability no punk ever imagines. Having to follow it apparently didn't appeal to the trio, so it sidestepped the issue with a new identity. ...more

June 5, 2008

There have been times over the past five years when I have felt I've consumed more pills than Kurt Cobain by way of Keith Richards - and I haven't had even one halfway decent hallucination. ...more

January 17, 2008