Kastania, Laconia Kastania, Laconia Kastania is a town in Mesa Mani, in Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sminos. In 1770, after the Orlov Revolt failed, the Ottomans wanted to punish the Maniots for their support of it. They attacked the two Maniot pyrgoi which belonged to the Venetsanakis clan. With them was the father of the hero of the Greek War of Independence, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Kostantinos Kolokotronis and his wife who was pregnant with his son. The Ottoman commander Hussan Bey, laid siege to the pyrgoi. After holding out for three days the defenders burst out of the
Country News Club Daily Sun" is printed at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire presses of Seacoast Media Group, which also publishes "The Portsmouth Herald". Country News Club and its daily newspapers were founded by Dave Danforth, Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, the latter two of whom were still on the Conway and Berlin papers' mastheads, as of early 2012, as publisher and editor, respectively. Guerringue and Hirshan partnered with Edward J. Engler to found Lakes Region News Club and "The Laconia Daily Sun". In 2012 Engler remained publisher-editor of the Laconia paper. The Portland paper was begun in February 2009 as a joint effort