WATERTOWN — Perkins School for the Blind issued diplomas last week to 10 teachers from Asia, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Among those in attendance was the director of the orphanage in Armenia where two of this year’s Educational Leadership Program (ELP) participants work with children. Dr. Ruzanna Avagyan, director [...]

WATERTOWN — State Rep. Jonathan Hecht told the Watertown Tab last Friday that he will not run for re-election to the Watertown Town Council this fall. A Mirror-Spectator profile on Hecht published Tuesday examined Hecht’s roles as both a state and local representative. While campaigning to replace Rachel Kaprielian for the Watertown/Cambridge 29th District, he [...]

By Melania Badalian YEREVAN (Azg) — On Monday, May 18, Charles Aznavour, the French-Armenian international singer was awarded by the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s “Diamond Ararat” Medal for his extraordinary services to the Armenian culture and its dissemination throughout the world. Hagop Avedikian, the founder and editor of Azg daily, in his introduction of Aznavour said, [...]

NEW YORK — Five Armenian community leaders received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 9. Each year the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) awards the medal to outstanding Armenian citizens who live a life dedicated to serving the community, promoting Armenian values, and building bridges between ethnic communities within the United States [...]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Sardarabad)— During his visit here, Arto Manoukian, president of the Montreal chapter of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) visited the Tekeyan Cultural Association headquaters here and met with Nahabet Nahabetian, the honorary president of the South American region of Armenian Democratic Liberal Organization (ADL) and the editor of the Sardarabad weekly, Prof. [...]