ARLINGTON, Mass. — Nora Vartanian is celebrating an accomplishment in her local community: Youth of the Year at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club. Vartanian, who grew up in Watertown and currently lives in Arlington, […]
GREENWICH, Conn.—Liana Sarkissian is what one would call an all-around team player on the volleyball court. She’s spirited and multi-talented, but at 6 feet 4 inches, Sarkissian’s level of versatility is simply unmatched. The 17-year-old […]
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Harry Keshishian, a member of the Armenian American Veterans of Greater Boston (Amvets), has turned 100 years old. The new centenarian, who was drafted to the US Army in October 1942 at […]
In November 2021, Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte was elected for the third time to the Westbrook City Council in Maine, and on December 6, 2021, the seven-member city council (five democrats, one unenrolled, one resigned) elected […]
Michael “Manoog” Kaprielian never told his parents—Vartkes and Elizabeth (Dolbashian) Kaprielian—about any of it while they were alive. “It would have devastated them,” he said about his experiences in Vietnam in a conversation with the […]
WORCESTER, Mass.—Kristina Ayanian is vying to become the first Armenian to ever hold the title of Miss Massachusetts. The 24 year-old Weekly contributor will be taking the stage this weekend as one of 23 contestants […]
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist is an enthralling mystery. It’s the single largest art theft in history with neither any arrests nor recovery of the stolen artwork after 31 years. The hit Netflix […]
PROVIDENCE, RI—Newly elected RI House Majority Whip Katherine Kazarian wants to help the people in her community. In fact, this was the primary motivation behind her successful first run for representative in 2012 as the […]
Local artist Masha Keryan finds beauty in chaos…even something as all-consuming and cataclysmic as war in her homeland. “When the war started, I lost touch with reality,” she reflected one Sunday afternoon from her underground […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Children’s book author and St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) teacher Alik Arzoumanian has started producing virtual Armenian language storytime sessions. Arzoumanian, who is practicing social distancing at home amid the global pandemic of […]
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