VICTOR CURET (right), owner of Gentleman's Quarters Barbershop, is offering free haircuts to people experiencing financial hardship. / COURTESY VICTOR CURET
NEWPORT – Victor Curet has experienced hardships, but shaggy hair was never one of them. The New York native spent much of his childhood in the beauty salons where his mother, Maria Curet, worked as a hairstylist. Inspired by his mom, he became a barber at age 15, working across three states – New York,…