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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.
BINGHAMTON, NY – Leonidas AHEPA Chapter 77, along with members of the Greater Binghamton, NY community gathered for a Greek Night at the Old Union Hotel banquet hall on April 30. Greek Night was sponsored by the Leonidas chapter to raise funds in order to grow their annual coat drive for needy children in local area schools and also to establish a scholarship fund for high school graduates and enrolled college students.
The chapter had the honor and pleasure of welcoming District 6 Governor Dean Moskos and his wife Stephanie. Leonidas chapter also welcomed members and their spouses from District 5, Alexander Hamilton Chapter 54 and District 6, John Valedes Westchester Chapter 51 to the dance.
Guests in attendance enjoyed live Greek music performed by The Aegean Duo from Rochester, NY, and also an array of homemade mezedes and glyka by chapter members.
Leonidas chapter thanked all the guests in attendance and the chapter members and supporters who were not able to attend the night’s festivities in person. In addition, they also thanked the staff of the Old Union Hotel banquet hall for their help to make the chapter’s first of many Greek Night dances a success.
Anyone interested in becoming a member of AHEPA, please visit www.ahepad6.com for more information.
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.
FLUSHING, NY – AHEPA District 6 hosted Greek Heritage Day on April 13 at Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets.
LONDON (AP) — Power struggles, intriguing matchups and fond farewells.
MYTILENE, Lesbos - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was on the island of Lesbos on Friday, visited facilities at the port of Mytilene where a pilot programme for the issue of express visas to visitors from Turkiye has been underway since the end of March.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days if Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill.