Writer, editor Nevart Apikian dies at 94August 28, 2012 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Longtime Post-Standard writer and editor Nevart Apikian, who wrote about a little of everything in her 56 years with the Syracuse Newspapers, died Sunday, Aug 26. She was 94, syracuse.com reported. Apikian began her journalism career after graduating from Syracuse University. She was hired by the Sullivan County Evening News in Monticello in the Catskills. She reported on courts and county and town governments. She also wrote about the entertainers performing at the showrooms of the nearby resorts. When she began working at The Post-Standard in August 1942, she was a news reporter. Soon she became the theater and movie critic and position she held for 25 years. Apikian wrote about the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Opera and Syracuse Stage and Pompeian Players, among other performing groups. She retired from the Post-Standard in November 1998. The daughter of an Armenian emigrant, she grew up hearing of the Old World through events at the now-defunct St. John’s Armenian Church. She was part of Syracuse’s Armenian community that made sure the public remembered April 24, 1915, the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. In 2002, Apikian was inducted onto the Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction at the John H. Mulroy Civic Center. She was a past president of Theta Sigma Phi, a journalism society now known as the Association for Women in Communications, and of the Central New York Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. She also was a member of Civic Morning Musicals. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. |