General News
Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DALLAS — Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.
Funerals will be held July 13 for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson.
Ahrens’ funeral will take place in Plano.
A private funeral for Smith is planned at the Farmers Branch church he and his family attended, and a public service will take place July 14 at the Dallas church where he worked security.
After a Dallas memorial service, Thompson’s funeral will be at a church in Corsicana, the town south of Dallas where he lived.
Dallas Police Officer Michael Krol’s funeral is set for July 15, and Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa’s funeral will be held July 16.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK – The New York Greek Independence Parade on Fifth Avenue, commemorating the 203rd anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, was held in an atmosphere of emotion and pride on April 14.
NEW YORK – "We are waiting for you on Fifth Avenue with our flag held high," said two-time NFL champion, George Karlaftis, in the Greek language, concluding his speech to all those present at the New York Greek Independence Parade Gala on April 13 at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, amid applause.
ATHENS – The Municipal Theater of Piraeus is carrying out a historic revival.
ATHENS – The Herbalists Without Borders, Athens Chapter, hosted a public groundbreaking garden event on April 9 to establish the Dioscorides Garden on the iconic grounds of the Zappeion in Syntagma, Athens.
LITOCHORO – Ecogenia announced the start of the new Social Service Program in Litochoro, Pieria, at a press conference on March 29.