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Friday, June 29, 2018
Vol. 3, No. 26
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Ten migrant kids wind up at MercyFirst
BRIGHT FUTURES
Youths separated from families are housed in Syosset facility BY G R E TC H E N KELLER Two more migrant children who were separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border have been placed at the MercyFirst home for children in Syosset, bringing the total!there to 10. The numbers were disclosed by U.S. Rep.!Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who visited the facility and held a news conference on Monday. One of the biggest concerns, said Curran, is the trauma that the children are experiencing. “The thing that we’re very concerned about these children is the psychological and physical toll of being separated from their families even for a short period,” she said. “The damage can be very hard to overcome.” But Curran said the children are receiving exceptional care and
commended MercyFirst for its service. “These children are being very well taken care of at MercyFirst. They are getting fed, they are getting the care they need, they are getting education, sports, woodworking, I mean you name it,” said Curran. “They’re getting everything; healthcare, wonderful nutrition.” Over the weekend, two more children came to the facility, one on Friday and one in the early hours of Monday morning. The children at the facility are from Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil and Nicaragua. There is a 4-year-old, 5-year-old, 6-year-old, two 7-year-olds, a 9-year-old, an 11-year-old, two 14-year-olds and one 17-year-old. The children are half boys and half girls. The original eight children have spoken to their parents by telephone, Suozzi said, but not the Continued on Page 82
PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Members of the Class of 2018 prepare to graduate from the Port Washinton school district last week. See story and more photos on pages 27, 28 and 69.
When the North Shore declared its independence BY LU K E TORRANCE
Empire. But by then, the Town of North Hempstead had already On July 4, 1776, the Con- declared its independence. On Sept. 23, 1775, a group tinental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence, of North Shore residents agreed breaking away from the British to break away from the Town of
Hempstead. “The southern part of the Town of Hempstead was mostly British citizens, they liked the status quo and didn’t want a revolution,” said Howard Kroplick, the Continued on Page 83
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