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John Cocoris Plaque in Tarpon Springs, Florida, commemorating Cocoris. John Michael Cocoris (Greek: Γιάννης Μιχάλης Κόκκορης; September 17, 1877 – 1944) was a Greek businessman. Born in Leonidio, he came to New York City in 1895 to work in the sponge trade. In 1896, he worked with John K. Cheyney in Tarpon Springs ...
Tarpon grow to about 4–8 ft (1.2–2.4 m) long and weigh 60–280 lb (27–127 kg). They have dorsal and anal soft rays and bluish or greenish backs. Tarpons possess shiny, silvery scales that cover most of their bodies, excluding the head.
Tarpon Springs is known for elaborate religious ceremonies hosted by the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, part of the Greek Orthodox Church, including the January 6 Epiphany, celebration that includes youths diving for a cross and the blessing of the waters and the boats. Since the first Greek immigrants depended on the sea and their ...
Old Tarpon Springs High School; Tarpon Springs station This page was last edited on 18 May 2024, at 21:43 (UTC). Text is ...
After an investigation by Tampa Bay’s News Channel 8, it was revealed that the Tarpon Woods golf community — which was previously owned by the charity, Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation ...
Since 1994, Tarpon Springs has been unhappy with the foundation for trying to surreptitiously partner with Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation without consulting the community. [71] [72] In early July 1995, the Tarpon Springs Ministerial Association intervened between the two feuding parties, as neither party was communicating with the other. [73]
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On the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to find their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenét Ramsey, missing from her bedroom. Shortly after, they found a handwritten ransom note ...