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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.
CHICAGO – Three restaurants have failed in the spot in the Chicago suburb spot of Clarendon Hills since an Italian kitchen closed down there at the end of 2016 but Nick Fatouros said that will change with his Thassos restaurant.
“We’ve been looking to relocate for some time,” he told The Chicago Tribune. “We came across this great opportunity. This is a great area with families and a little upscale. We’re very excited about coming to Clarendon Hills.”
He’s moving his eatery after operating in Palos Hills for 3 ½ years and hoping to break the bad skein that took down three other eateries who couldn’t make it, counting on his menu to make the difference.
“We have traditional Greek cuisine, and with our concept and service I believe people will want to come here,” Fatouros said. “We have decades of experience,” he said of his hopes.
Derek Berg, President of the Clarendon Hills Chamber of Commerce, is also optimistic about the chances of success for Thassos. “There is a void in traditional Greek food in the area, thus bringing in more customers from a wider area,” Berg said.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CLOSTER, NJ – The well-attended Greek Independence Day Celebration in Closter, NJ, took place on March 25, beginning with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Ruckman Park in Closter.
ALBANY – New York State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R, C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) on March 26 was joined in Albany by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to recognize Greek Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus.
ATHENS - Historic member of PASOK and passionate advocate of the recognition of Pontian Greek genocide Michalis Charalambidis died on Wednesday aged 73.
ATHENS - While the New Democracy government denied audio files from the 2023 head-on train crash in Tempe which killed 57 had been tampered with, five managers at the state-run OSE railways agency reportedly had access to them.
FAIRVIEW, NJ – The Greek Cypriots of New Jersey under the auspices of the Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York and Consul General of Cyprus Michalis Firillas will commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the EOKA Liberation Struggle of Cyprus from British Colonial Rule 1955-1959, with a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, 101 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ, on Sunday, March 31.