top of page
Search


Holiday Blessings at the Brooklyn Bank
Sammy Tri-Stater Fra Michael Kawochka helped distribute 500 turkeys with all the fixins in time for Thanksgiving at the Brooklyn Bank in Bedford Stuyvesant. Kawochka serves on the advisory board of the Daniel Gale Foundation, one of the many regular donor supporters of the Brooklyn Bank. Sammy TriState has also joined this year's donor list with a donation to the Brooklyn Bank. Joining him were wife Sarah Leventer, daughter Helen and co-workers from his Daniel Gale Sotheby'
Sammy TriState
Nov 25, 20252 min read


Fra Roy Barrera Twice Honored
Fra Roy Barrera is among the honored at the Power Move Awards Gala November 19th 2025 at the Mansion at Oyster Bay. He is the gala's Philanthropist of the Year, recognized for his yeoman's work fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Earlier this year, LLS named him a Visionary Of The Year, after raising $140,000 for the organization. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society funds life-saving blood cancer research around the world, investing more than $2 billion in groundbre
Sammy TriState
Nov 18, 20251 min read


Fred Neil (Sigma Chi, '53) has been elected Vice Mayor of Dover, Delaware, at the age of 91 years young!
With nearly 67% of the votes in the third district race, Fra Neil beat Jo Ann Mather to reclaim his seat. Interview at...
Sammy TriState
May 24, 20252 min read


Fra Hunnel Jumps into Floodwaters to Save Woman
Eddie Hunnel (Sigma Omega, '86) jumped into North Carolina floodwaters to pull a woman out from her house that was floating away. There's...
Sammy TriState
Oct 7, 20241 min read


Taking Care of Business (Reprinted from the Octagonian, Spring 2024)
The Sammy Tri-State Business Networking group was featured in the Spring 2024 Octagonian. Article below and at...
Sammy TriState
Apr 17, 20241 min read


Chapter Eternal: Fra Ron Kapon (Gamma)
NEW YORK, NY, DEC 1 2023 — Fra Ron Kapon’s Memorial funeral service drew a standing-room-only crowd at Riverside Memorial Chapel. Ron, 88, was the Sammy Tri-State Alumni Club’s eldest member, and proud of it. Ron truly personified “ love for and loyalty to alma mater and its ideals ” with the scholarships he endowed to our SAM Foundation and Columbia University. Among the many eulogies delivered were those by City Council Member Gail Brewer and NYS Assemblymember Linda Ros
Sammy TriState
Dec 1, 20232 min read


Stanky Sauce Hits Hot Sauce Expo All Weekend 9/31 - 10/1/23
If you're at the Hot Sauce Expo this weekend, go say hi to Fra Edward Stankiewicz at the Stanky Sauce booth! Free samples and a Sammy...
Sammy TriState
Sep 30, 20231 min read


A Nu Sammy Starts An Animal Sanctuary: Fra Peter Nussbaum
Starting with two rescued roosters in 2013, Tamerlaine Sanctuary and Preserve Co-Founders Fra Peter Nussbaum and wife Gabrielle Stubbert...
Sammy TriState
Sep 29, 20231 min read


Fra Sakellarides to Emcee Greenpoint YMCA Gala on 10/4/23
Fra Gabriel Sakellarides will be emceeing the Greenpoint YMCA 6th Annual "Spirit of Community" Service Awards Dinner and Auction on...
Sammy TriState
Sep 27, 20231 min read


Sammy Tri-Stater Michael Kawochka Named Greenpoint YMCA Volunteer of the Year
Fra Michael Kawochka (Nu - Buffalo, '91) has been named the Greenpoint YMCA Volunteer of the Year. "I learned how to swim at the...
Sammy TriState
Mar 27, 20231 min read


Newark's Favorite (and Most-Controversial) Son, Fra Philip Roth Honored All Weekend 3/17-19/23
Actors John Turturro, Matthew Broderick, Marisa Tomei and Tony Shalhoub, plus a slew of appropriately edgy writers, will head up a 3-day...
Sammy TriState
Mar 18, 20231 min read


Fra Philip Roth Tribute to be Held in His Native NJ
https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/01/11/philip-roth-tribute-to-be-held-in-his-native-new-jersey/ Authors Ottessa Moshfegh and Susan...
Sammy TriState
Jan 12, 20231 min read
bottom of page

