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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.
It didn’t take Pete Contos long to make his mark on Denver’s restaurant scene when he emigrated from Greece in 1955, opening a number of popular dining spots over the next few decades, including Pete’s Gyros Place and Pete’s Kitchen.
He passed away in 2019, and while Pete’s Greek Town Cafe hung on through the pandemic and his loss, it now has closed and the empty spot, said Denverite, is a sad reminder of how much he meant to the city.
“It’s a disappointing sight for regulars, who went to Pete’s Greek Town Cafe for the saganaki flaming cheese, the spanakopita-spinach pies, the mousaka and the endless cups of coffee,” the site said, and sandwiches and fries under $10 too.
The structure is abandoned and dilapidated and a deal for Dave’s Hot Chicken, a trendy California chain, to take it over fell through and a For Sale sign remains on the building as Contos’ widow, Elizabeth Contos, said a tenant would be welcome.
One thing’s sure: if another restaurant lands on the the spot it won’t fill the hole left by what Pete Contos brought the city and food lovers.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.
WASHINGTON, DC – The 3rd Nikos Mouyiaris Memorial Lecture which had been scheduled for April 20 at Rutgers University in New Jersey will be rescheduled for the fall of 2024 as the organizers received a call from U.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Greek-American Maria Passalaris, 25, was tragically killed in a car accident on April 12 on Highway 1 near Princeton, NJ.
The recent tragicomic events at the church of the All-Holy Taxiarhes in the area of Megalo Revma of Constantinople, specifically, the assault by Archimandrite Chrysanthos on Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydonion which involved the slapping of the archpriest's cheeks while he was venerating the icon of the Virgin Mary, are not only lamentable but also pitiful for the Patriarchate itself.
RUMFOLD, RI – Anastasia Georgiadis, 83, of Rumford, RI, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family.