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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.
PORTLAND, Maine — Health authorities in Maine, one of the most vaccinated states in the nation, on Monday reported the fewest number of new COVID-19 cases since last fall.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 30 new cases of the virus. It was the lowest daily total since October. Maine trails only Vermont and Massachusetts in its percentage of the population that has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. About 54% of the state has been fully vaccinated.
Monday’s figures came as the state continues a steady downward trend in new cases that began weeks ago. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases has fallen over the past two weeks, going from about 180 new cases per day on May 22 to about 70 new cases per day on June 5.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
NEW YORK – During his recent visit to New York to participate in the opening session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited a fast-food stand owned by a Greek-American entrepreneur.
BOSTON – Noted businessman and well-known philanthropist Michael Psaros of New York will be honored in Athens on Monday, October 14 by the International Foundation for Greece at the Acropolis Museum.
LIMASSOL, Cyprus - With Cyprus preparing to take in people in Lebanon trying to get away from a spreading conflict that has seen Israel launch air strikes and ground movements hunting Hezbollah terrorists, about 80 Chinese citizens and their families were taken to the island.
CORINTH, Greece - A Deputy Mayor in Evrostina in the Corinth region of the Peloponnese suspected of accidentally starting a fire while tending to bee hives, the blaze destroying 16,062 acres and killing two was fined 3,000 euros ($3,308) will face additional charges.