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Top Glen Cove senior eyes medical field fueled both his academic interest and his future plans. Marja Tockman, SuyabatAt Glen Cove High School, maz’s guidance counselor, Mert Suyabatmaz has long praised him as an “outstandbeen known for his sharp intel- ing young man” for his analytical mind and his lect, quiet determideep commitment nation and deep to his academic and love of learning. personal growth. Now, as the school’s “He is the kind 2025 valedictorian, of student who the 17-year-old is wholeheartedly preparing to take believes that with the next step in a hard work and journey shaped by focus, he can tackle family, focus and a any challenge that strong sense of comes his way,” purpose. Tockman wrote in “My unweighted a release. “He is GPA is a 99.3-someeager to immerse thing,” Suyabatmaz himself in a comsaid. “But, weightpetitive academic ed, that’s what environment where made me be able to he can continue to have this interview. grow and be chalThat’s 106.6. And lenged. the reason it’s so Suyabatmaz high is due to the MARJA TOCKMAN recently sat for the volume of AP class- guidance counselor, es I took.” Glen Cove High School U . S . N a t i o n a l Chemistry OlympiSuyabatmaz has ad Local Exam, a taken a total of 14 Advanced Placement classes, competitive test for top high part of a rigorous curriculum school chemistry students at a school that offers a total of across the country. “My passion 18 such courses. “I really liked has always been helping others AP chemistry and AP psycholo- and understanding the human gy,” he said. Those two classes CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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Bringing baseball history to life Dressed in period uniforms, members of the Brooklyn Atlantics and NY Mutuals re-created America’s pastime as it was played in the 1860s during a vintage baseball game in Glen Cove.
After arrests by ICE caught all by surprise, the city shivers By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
A joint operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI in Glen Cove on June 11 resulted in the arrest of four men near the Glen Street Long Island Rail Road station, prompting confusion, concern and community debate about federal enforcement tactics. According to Glen Cove Police Detective Lt. John Nagle, city police responded to a call at around 8:30 a.m. about a possible assault in progress on Cedar Swamp Road. The call, placed by a local business owner, described several people chasing one another near the train station parking lot.
“Our guys got up there with lights and sirens, thinking it was an assault taking place,” Nagle said. “Turns out it was ICE activity.” Federal agents had not notified Glen Cove police in advance of the operation, which Nagle said is not unusual, though in prior instances local law enforcement had been made aware. “There’s times when we do work with ICE,” Nagle said. “We’ve pinpointed some really serious criminals in the past with their assistance. But on this particular day, we didn’t know anything about it.” The Trump administration has said it wants to arrest more than 3,000 illegal immigrants a day. The escalation of enforcement tactics has CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
e is eager to immerse himself in a competitive academic environment where he can continue to grow and be challenged.