12+ hour, 14+ min ago   (404+ words) UNION, NJ – The annual festival of the St. Demetrios community in the city of Union, New Jersey, is being held over the four-day period from September 10 to 13. Greek-Americans and residents of the wider area are enjoying traditional foods and sweets…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (460+ words) NEW YORK. Amid the inferno at the World Trade Center, the individual human stories are countless. Thousands of people were killed, many managed to escape, but the scars left by the nightmare of September 11, 2001, remained etched in their memories forever....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (277+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. The “Key to the City” was presented by Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty to Greek-American businessman and philanthropist Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, in recognition of his decades-long presence and contributions to California’s capital city. The honor coincided with Tsakopoulos’ 90th birthday…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (580+ words) Throughout the weekend, there are essentially nonstop opportunities for networking and making friends. It’s difficult, as a journalist, to find the right superlatives to properly describe an event you have nothing but praise for, but I’ll do my best. The…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1691+ words) HOUSTON, TX – The Holocaust of the Seven Village area of ‘Santa’ in Pontos constitutes one of the most tragic and, at the same time, least-known pages in the history of Pontian Hellenism. If someone does not come from Santa or…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (178+ words) Restaurant News reports that Nick the Greek, the “fast-growing Greek chain… serving authentic Greek street food,” has opened a location in Turlock, CA. Following the successful opening in Modesto last year, the Turlock restaurant is the brand’s fourth location in…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (158+ words) The National Herald very high fire risk (category 4) is forecast for Tuesday, in several areas of the country, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. Specifically, a very high fire risk is…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (292+ words) GALVESTON, TX (“The Daily News”). The Daily News of Galveston described the closure of Kritikos Grill as a “Greek tragedy,” marking the end of a decades-long presence of Greek cuisine on the island by the Kriticos family. Larry and Roxann Kriticos…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (475+ words) OSLO, Norway – In 2016, they made a decision that would change their lives forever. One year later, in June 2017, Vicky Partafyla-Karasotiriou and Manos Karasotiriou left Thessaloniki behind, sold everything they had, and, together with their children, took the big step of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (349+ words) Although I hold a strong belief in freedom of speech, it’s impossible to ignore that social media has deteriorated into a breeding ground for hate speech, spreading misinformation like wildfire, and cyberbullying – issues that artificial intelligence is amplifying. Digital governance,…...