04.30.2020 COVID-19 For the uninsured, delaying medical care can have deadly consequence The sickness accelerated quickly for Don Chuz, a Guatemalan immigrant who had lived in Greenport for about a decade, earning a living in construction. He particularly enjoyed doing tile...
09.22.2017 News Standing together as witnesses for undocumented immigrants A handful of times this past summer, Carolyn Peabody traveled into New York City to attend the court appearances for a family friend’s son, who had been detained by...
02.16.2017 Business ‘Day without immigrants’ prompts march, local boycotts A social media post early Thursday morning from Aldo’s Coffee in Greenport read: “We are open on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and every other national holiday. Today, we...
11.17.2016 Government How will Trump win impact North Fork’s immigrant families? It began with three sentences. In a speech announcing his candidacy on June 16, 2015, Donald Trump made a bold promise to strengthen the Mexico-United States border.
03.17.2016 Health New initiative aids immigrants, promotes preventive care The scene at Pindar Vineyards Friday was a little out of the ordinary. Instead of out-of-towners sampling chardonnay and pinot grigio, a health care organization was offering a free...
01.11.2016 Columns Guest Spot: Immigrants should be embraced, not excluded When I set out from Greenport last month for the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Brooklyn, I didn’t know what to expect.
11.06.2015 News Has the Hispanic immigration boom ‘saved’ Greenport? On the third page of the preface to her book exploring the wave of Hispanic immigration to Greenport over the past two decades, Diana Gordon quotes former mayor David...