TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The history of Tarpon Springs is rooted in immigrants who came to the area at the turn of the century from Greece. George Billiris belongs to one of those families who made ...

When Orlando filmmaker Tom Lowe came to town last year to shoot a documentary about sponge diving he wasn't sure what he'd find. He spent days interviewing dozens of people. It was only when he met ...

Nicholas Toth hunched over his lathe with sweat on his brow and a smile on his face. The sound of brass being shaved to the exact width he needed put that smile there. “In a lot of respects I feel ...

An increase in sponge production would help Tarpon Springs, some say. In an effort to bolster the supply of sponges from waters around Tarpon Springs, a group of local sponge buyers, divers and boat ...

HERAKLION, GREECE - The best pure athlete in Greece at the moment might be standing on a tiny dock in a small harbor on the island of Crete. Wearing a Yankees baseball cap, a week-old stubble of beard ...

Greek immigrants have been sponge diving here for more than a century, but Taso Karistinos doesn't come from that tradition. He made his own way to America. He had never even heard of Tarpon Springs.