Barry Liam

Begins service next month in Samoa

Liam Barry, 21, of Cold Spring, will leave next month for the island of Samoa, where he will be a volunteer teacher in the Peace Corps for 27 months.

Barry is the son of Marypat and Kevin Barry and a graduate of Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains and Ithaca College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English earlier this year.

Applications for spring 2020 are due Oct. 1. See peacecorps.gov.

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