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Trump Meets with Families Affected by Texas Shooting
HOUSTON (AP) — Seeking to comfort grieving families and shaken survivors, President Donald Trump spent more than an hour privately Thursday with some of those impacted by a Texas mass school shooting...
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Vlahakis’ Earth Friendly Products Supports American Cancer Society
CYPRESS, CA – Greek-American Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks and her company Earth Friendly Products® support American Cancer Society with “Go Green for Pink” Campaign. Follows the press release: “Significant...
View ArticleGreek-Canadian Matthew Staikos Shot to Death in Yorkville
YORKVILLE, Canada – A Greek-Canadian CEO of a Toronto-based startup was shot to death in upscale Yorkville. Matthew Staikos, 37, was found dead by emergency personnel responding to reports of gunshots...
View ArticleTrinseo President & CEO Chris Pappas Appears on CNBC’s Mad Money
BERWYN, Pa. – Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, today announced that its President and CEO Chris Pappas...
View ArticleThe 4th Annual Loukoumi Dance Party and Make A Difference Awards
NEW YORK – The 4th Annual Loukoumi Dance Party and Make A Difference Awards will be held on Friday, June 15 at Mulino’s at Lake Isle Country Club, 600 White Plains Road in Eastchester, NY. The Very...
View ArticleNational Bee: Greek Word “Koinonia” Brings Glory to Little-known Speller (Video)
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Karthik Nemmani didn’t win his regional spelling bee. He didn’t even win his county spelling bee. But he was still good enough to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Throwing...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
CHRISTOFORIDES, KOSTAS NORWALK, CT (from The Hour, published on May 9) – Kostas Christoforides, 85, husband of Koula Christoforides of Norwalk, passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 after a long battle with...
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Lucy Weier Krystallis, Archaeologist, Author, Passed Away
SYROS, Greece – Lucy Ellen Weier Krystallis, passed away on May 4 at her beloved summer home on the island of Syros, Greece. Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, she was the daughter of Dr. Karl E. Weier...
View ArticleArchbishop Demetrios Shows Defiance toward Patriarch Bartholomew
NEW YORK – An unprecedented crisis has burst between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America because of a total defiance of Archbishop Demetrios toward Ecumenical...
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Students Graduate from Texas School where Greek-American Allegedly Killed 10
SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — More than 300 seniors at a Texas high school have received their diplomas with the memory of a deadly mass shooting on campus still fresh in their minds. The Santa Fe High School...
View ArticleNational Hellenic Museum’s New Exhibit Lives Afloat Opens June 21
CHICAGO – Dedicated to collecting, preserving and portraying the legacy of Greek history and culture in America, the National Hellenic Museum (NHM), 333 S. Halsted St., has the largest collection of...
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Super Bowl Champ Maragos to Throw First Pitch at Phillies’ 5th Greek Heritage...
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) announced that Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Back Chris Maragos, Greek-American, and member of the Super Bowl LII Championship team, will throw...
View ArticleOur Everyday Greek: Survival Guide for Greece Travelers: Buying Feta and Yogurt
Let’s make it very easy. You enter a grocery in Greece and you want to buy food. You need to define that you want something. The verb I wantmeansθέλω. By using this verb, you can build your first...
View ArticleGreek-American NJ Police Officers Charged with Official Misconduct, Theft
EDISON, NJ – Four Greek-American police officers are among five from New Jersey who were “charged with official misconduct and theft, prosecutors announced,” on June 1, NBC 4 New York reported, adding...
View ArticleGoing on in Our Community
THRU JULY 8 NEW YORK – The Onassis Cultural Center New Yorkpresents Birds: A Festival Inspired by Aristophanes,comprising a rich array of events that consider the enduring—and, currently,...
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Permanent Exhibition of McCabe Photographs at Greek Consulate in Boston
BOSTON, MA – On May 18, Robert McCabe’s photographs of Greece were inaugurated into the Consulate General of Greece in Boston’s permanent exhibition. Remarks from the ceremony follow from Consul...
View ArticleGreek-American Stella Kreekos Passed Away at Age 105
SIOUX CITY, IA – Styliani (Stella) Maria (Pattakos) Kreekos passed away on May 13 at age 105. She was born in Agia Paraskevi, Rethymnon, Crete on May 2, 1913. Her mother passed away at age 107. Her...
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Michel Dragon: First Greek of New Orleans
Michel Dragon was born in Athens sometime around 1739 to Antonio and Eleni (nee Clino). Dragon is the first documented Greek to permanently settle in New Orleans. Dragon arrived in New Orleans as a...
View ArticleNYS Council of Churches Agrees with Gianaris on Overhauling the Bail System
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York State Council of Churches is calling on members of the state Senate and Assembly to overhaul the state’s bail system. The organization says too many people charged with...
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Lawyers for Trump, Summer Zervos in Court Over Suit
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump and a former “Apprentice” contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies are due in court in New York. Tuesday’s...
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