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Sea Cliff loses a longtime resident
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Former S.C. mayor Deegan dies at 83 made an impression on his father. “He wanted to grab life now An attorney, husband, father and live it to the fullest — now,” and onetime Sea Cliff mayor, Dan said. “He was not a patient Francis W. Deegan always found man. He did not put off living as time to mentor those who need- something to plan for after ed his help. And although he retirement.” was known to be a no-nonsense Deegan was the kind of guy, he was first in his family to also jovial, smart go to college, graduand compassionate. ating from the UniBor n in Glen versity of Dayton. Cove Hospital, he He went on to attend lived most of his life the University of in Sea Cliff before Pennsylvania’s moving to his sumCarey Law School. mer home in MattiHe married tuck in 1998. Deegan Nancy O’Connell, died on April 18 of whom he met at cong estive hear t UPenn, in 1964, and failure, at age 83. they had four chilT ravel a n d DAN DEEGAN dren, Kathleen, adventures were of Son Dan, Molly and the utmost imporMary. They vacatance to Dee gan, tioned aboard the said two of his four children, family’s 42-foot sailboat. Two of Kathleen Deegan Dickson, of their sailing adventures were Glen Cove, and Daniel of Sea month-long trips, to the ChesaCliff. Perhaps that was a result peake Bay and to Nova Scotia. of his upbringing. Francis’s “Our vacations were travel father, Paul Deegan, a plumber adventures,” Kathleen recalled. from the Bronx, moved to Sea “We never sat on the beach.” Cliff during the Depression to “My favorite vacation was help build Glen Cove Hospital, when we went up the coast of but died when he was 50. Dan Maine to Nova Scotia,” Molly Deegan said that the brevity of Deegan Breen, of Sea Cliff, his grandfather’s life and his recounted. “There were whales long periods of unemployment CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
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Remembering veteran suicides Glenwood Landing American Legion Post 336 raised a Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag at a ceremony on Saturday at the post. Members plan to introduce legislation in New York and New Jersey to require that the flag be flown at all American Legion posts. See story, Page 3.
Caring residents help uprooted Ukrainian family find a home By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, over 5 million Ukrainians have become refugees. Now, Sea Cliff and the Love Your Neighbor Project have opened their arms to one of the families that were forced to flee. Members of the family, now living temporarily in another family’s basement in Sea Cliff,
asked to be identified by first names only. They are from the city of Kherson, traditionally a major port and an exporter of grain. When the invasion began, Anna left the country with her two children, Polina and Yegor. I n a n i n t e r v i ew, A n n a recalled in Ukrainian-accented English how hectic those first days were, and the stress of packing bags for herself and her
family, not knowing how long they would be gone. “I try to pack everything, because not sure where we going, what we’re needing,” Anna said. “I pack many shoes because I think where are we going to buy more? Thankfully my daughter same size as me, so I saved space.” Anna’s husband, Dmitry, is CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
e did not put off living as something to plan for after retirement.