Tarpon Springs to launch Greek Arts Initiative - Suncoast News


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Tarpon Springs to launch Greek Arts Initiative
Suncoast News
Demonstrations will include: sponge diving and processing; making diving helmets, cast nets, mullet nets, sponging equipment and stone crab traps; ...

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Capt. Michael Billiris' death shocks community he loved - Suncoast News


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Capt. Michael Billiris' death shocks community he loved
Suncoast News
The great-grandson of one of the founders of the city's sponge diving industry, Michael Billiris' father, Capt. John Billiris, died two years ago after an ...

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Friday to Friday - Corvallis Gazette Times

Friday to Friday
Corvallis Gazette Times
Robert Wagner, in his first starring role, pines at the center of a “Romeo and Juliet” conflict between rival sponge-diving families in Florida. ...

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'Piranha 3D' the latest in ocean of films about terrors from the deep - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


Pittsburgh Post Gazette
'Piranha 3D' the latest in ocean of films about terrors from the deep
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In his autobiography, director Richard Fleischer recalled how the giant squid acted as a sponge at first, and its tentacles became so waterlogged they ...

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Search at river mouth for tot - New Zealand Herald


New Zealand Herald
Search at river mouth for tot
New Zealand Herald
They also dove around Sponge Bay, further along the coast. The diving gear and two boats were donated by Adventure Dive Gisborne, where a friend of Lucas' ...

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