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Lowell, Massachusetts will be the first US city to honor Greece on its bicentennial of the War of Independence.

As the entire world will mark the Greece's Bicentennial, the Governor of Massachusetts issued a touching proclamation for the occasion.

The cities of Lowell, Massachusetts and Kalamata in Greece decided recently to enter into a sister-city agreement which will hopefully bring the two cities a great deal closer, despite their geographical separation. Recently, a group from the community of Lowell,...

The Greek community of Lowell, Massachusetts, one of the first and largest in the United States, is being celebrated through an exhibit taking place at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The exhibit, currently showing at the University Crossing building,...

A Greek-American high school senior in Somerset, Massachusetts won a scholarship after winning the competition by Washington's The Oxi Day Foundation to best describe the difficult-to-translate Greek term “philotimo.” Lindsey Arruda will receive a $2,000 scholarship and attend the Foundation’s...

The Boston Marathon of 2013, sadly marked by the terrorist attack against thousands of peaceful citizens, has become a source of inspiration and creativity. A group of middle school teachers in Hopkinton, which was the starting point of the 2013...

INTRACOM Defense Electronics was awarded a Supplier Excellence Award by Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business unit in a ceremony in Andover, Massachusetts. Raytheon instituted the annual Supplier Excellence Awards program to recognize suppliers who have provided outstanding service and partnership...

The Cambridge Sts. Constantine and Helen Community Hall in Massachusetts was full of Greeks on Saturday, May 12. Members of the Greek Community gathered to entertain themselves with traditional Greek music. The concert was organized by the Sts. Constantine and Helen...

The state's highest court today ruled in favor of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Western Massachusetts in a legal dispute with the city of Springfield over a fire detection system. In a decision by Judge Barbara A. Lenk, the...

Through the weekend 24-26 June, visitors to historic Lowell in Massachusetts will be able to participate in everything Greek and enjoy an exciting cultural experience. The annual festival celebrates the Transfiguration of the Greek Orthodox Church and as part...

The St. George community of Lynn, Massachusetts, refuses to pay its $88,000 financial contribution to the Archdiocese. Until recently, the amount was $68,000. The president of the community council, Ioannis Meklis and dean Georgios Tsoukalas, with the unanimous decision...

Michael Dukakis, the former Greek-American Governor of Massachusetts, may be picked up for U.S. Senate, serving out the remainder of the late Ted Kennedy's term. For the last 47 years, Dukakis and Kennedy shared a progressive ideology, a lengthy...

The 128th Boston Marathon which will be run on Monday, April 15 has a special significance for Greeks in America. Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Athens...

In a four-hour surgery undertaken at Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, March 16th, doctors have managed to perform the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced on Thursday. In the hospital,...

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston is offering 2024-2025 academic year scholarship opportunities for US and Canadian students who are of Greek descent or of the Greek Orthodox Faith. The scholarships will be offered to students entering their second, third,...