Bob Costas Exits Longtime Home at NBC Sports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Costas, who stepped down as NBC’s prime-time Olympics host two years ago, has left the network’s sports division altogether. NBC Sports said Wednesday that Costas parted ways...
View ArticleEmeril Lagasse Opens First NYC Restaurant and It’s Greek
NEW YORK – Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, perhaps best known for his TV cooking shows and his catchphrase “Bam!” has opened a new restaurant in Manhattan, his first ever in New York, and it happens to...
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The Greek Connection to the Award-Winning The Green Book
NEW YORK – The award-winning film, The Green Book, was in part inspired by the Green Book, a guide to businesses across the United States that would serve African-Americans during the years of...
View ArticleAssemblywoman Malliotakis Issues Statement on State of the State Address
NEW YORK – New York State Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis (R, C, I -Brooklyn, Staten Island) released a statement on January 15 in response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State Address. “In...
View ArticleChian Federation Hosts Blood Drive on January 23
ASTORIA – The Chian Federation will be hosting a community blood drive in cooperation with the Red Cross on January 23 at the Chian Federation Cultural Center, 44-01 Broadway in Astoria, 2-7 PM. The...
View ArticleSenator Gianaris Votes to Pass GENDA, Ban on Conversion Therapy
ALBANY, NY – Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris and the Democratic Senate Majority on January 15 passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a ban on conversion therapy. These...
View ArticleThe Annual Clergy Laity Congress of the San Francisco Metropolis
BOSTON- Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco wrote a letter inviting all the parishes of the San Francisco Metropolis to the annual local clergy and laity assembly, urging them to “Please plan your...
View ArticleGreek-American Nomiki Konst Earns over 1500 Contributions from Working People
ASTORIA – Nomiki Konst announced on January 16 that in just a few months her grassroots campaign for New York City Public Advocate raised over $80,000 from more than 1500 contributions – all without...
View ArticleSt. Photios National Shrine Essay Contest Winners Announced
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Mrs. Katherine Bacalis, chair of the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine Essay Program, announced on January 15 the results of the 14th Annual Shrine Essay Contest. This...
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Greek-American Angie Giallourakis Shares Her Son’s Battle with Cancer
CLEVELAND, OH – Angie Giallourakis, PhD and President of the Steven G AYA Cancer Research Fund, wrote eloquently about her son’s battle with cancer in a blog post on the Four Square Beats Childhood...
View ArticleTsitsipas to be Honored with Souvlaki Named after Him
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Greek tennis ace Stefanos Tsitsipas, 20, is doing well in his run at the Australian Open so far and if he continues, a souvlaki will be named in his honor at Stalactites, a...
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Cypriot and Jewish Community Organizations Joint Cultural Event at Dionysos...
ASTORIA – The cultural event organized jointly by the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (FCAO), Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), PSEKA (Justice for Cyprus), the Cyprus-U.S....
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Businessman and Philanthropist John Sakellaris Laid to Rest in New Jersey
NEW JERSEY – The funeral of businessman and philanthropist John Sakellaris was held at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Clifton on January 16 with His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of NJ...
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Greek Players Making a Name for Themselves at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas earned more than $100,000 in prize money for winning his third-round match at the Australian Open. Just as important to the 20-year-old born in Athens,...
View ArticlePeter & Stella Yiannos Family Trust Donate $35,000 to AHEPA for Wildfires...
NEW YORK – AHEPA‘s Supreme President George E. Loucas announced that The Order of AHEPA is the recipient of a $35,000 gift from the Peter and Stella Yiannos Family Trust, of Wilmington, Delaware, that...
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Kokonas Offers Real Celebratory Dinner to Clemson Tigers
CHICAGO – Following tweets by President Donald Trump about the celebratory dinner he hosted at the White House on January 14 for the 2019 College Football National Champion Clemson Tigers, Nick...
View ArticleBishop Apostolos of Medeia New Spiritual Advisor of National Philoptochos
NEW YORK – Archbishop Demetrios of America appointed His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia as spiritual advisor of the National Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society. Bishop Apostolos, who was...
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis Forge International Alliance
At a November meeting in Vermont, hosted by the Sanders Foundation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis announced the formation of the Progressive...
View ArticleA Plea by Dr. Seraphim Papajiannis to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopulos
BOSTON – Dr. Seraphim Papajiannis, MD, past president of the Pan-Macedonian Association USA, in an interview with The National Herald, made a plea to the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis...
View ArticleObituaries in Greek-American Community
KOTANIDIS, ANTONIOS PENNSVILLE, NJ (from the South Jersey Times, published on Jan. 2) – Antonios Kotanidis, his family’s patriarch, passed away peacefully in his home in Pennsville, NJ, on Sunday,...
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