WORCESTER, Mass.—Nassim Aoude and Michael Melkonian are the young founders of PunchPops, a new Worcester-based company breaking into the American alcohol industry with a 21-plus twist on a summertime favorite. The idea for marketing wine-infused […]
Camp Haiastan’s brand new Director’s Quarters and Summer Office are ready for summer 2019. The “DQ,” as the Director’s Quarters is affectionately called, was originally built in 1966. The front portion of the building was […]
America’s favorite recluse, Henry David Thoreau, famously spent two years, two months, and two days in a home of his making by the shores of Walden Pond ― a gentle body of water at the […]
Jack DerAvedisian, owner of Omni Foods in Watertown, died on October 23, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Thelma (Melkonian) DerAvedisian of 68 years and a devoted father to Suren DerAvedisian and his wife […]
Late last month, over 40 AYFers gathered at Camp Haiastan in Franklin, Massachusetts for a weekend of lectures, discussions and ընկերութիւն (comradery). The theme for this year’s Senior Seminar was Վերածնունդ (Rebirth). When members arrived, […]
Rose Vartanoush (Peligian) Derderian, 98, of Indian Orchard, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Giligia (Adana), Armenia on Sept. 15, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Sarkis & […]
Several feet below the sacred altar of St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, there is a kitchen unlike any other. This one is bustling with dozens of hardworking Armenian women, laughing and catching up […]
Sponsored by Amaras Art Alliance of Massachusetts, the tour of Nor Serund Youth Folk Ensemble aims to present young, talented Armenian musicians to east coast communities. Concerts are planned for Haverhill, Mass. on October 12; […]
The dedicated women who make up the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Cambridge Shushi Chapter have kicked off a new year with returning figures welcoming more than a dozen young recruits and a refreshed group of […]
Alik Arzoumanian’s story begins in Lebanon, where she grew up making books for her siblings using simple markers. “We didn’t have many Armenian books back then,” she recalled in her vibrant kindergarten classroom one afternoon. […]
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