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Members of the Rockville Centre Fire Department served as the color guard at the Town of Hempstead’s 9/11 ceremony on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa.

Hempstead salutes 9/11 heroes in moving ceremony

Sept. 11, 2021, dawned as a stunningly beautiful late summer morning, the sky an azure blue and the sunshine a bright yellow — just as it was on the same day 20 years ago. At the Hempstead … more

By James Bernstein | 9/12/21

Jeffrey Bessen is a senior editor for Herald Community Newspapers and editor of the Nassau Herald.

20 years later, 9-11’s memories continue to sting

Twenty years ago I was completing my first year as a reporter for three community weeklies in Suffolk County: the Long Island Advance, Suffolk County News and Islip Bulletin. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/9/21

Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department members presented the colors at the Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in 2019.

Cedarhurst 9/11 remembrance on Sunday at 4 p.m.

Since 2002, the Village of Cedarhurst has hosted a 9/11 ceremony in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park, honoring those who died in the terrorist attacks who lived in the Five Towns or nearby communities: Thomas E. Jurgens, Neil Levin, Kevin O’Rourke, Bettina Browne Radburn, Joseph Rivelli Jr., Howard Selwyn and Ira Zaslow. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/9/21

Our promise to never forget means we must wear our masks

I want you to remember waking up on the morning of Sept. 12, 2001 — that is, if you had slept at all the night before. Recall how you felt about your country, your neighbors, and especially our lion-hearted first responders . . . more

By Sara Director | 12/24/20

Susan Hutchins was among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Nassau County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in … more

By Scott Brinton | 9/14/20

Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Chief Michael T. Beilinson, left, and 2nd Dpt. Chief Meyer Adler, presented the colors of the flag at the 9/11 remembrance on Sept. 11.

Five Towners lost in 9/11 are remembered

Updated Sept. 12 at 9:30 a.m. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Village of Cedarhurst held its annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park exactly 19 years after the attacks. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 9/11/20

Phil Alvarez, brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead's annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Brother of 9/11 hero Luis Alvarez stirs crowd at Town of Hempstead memorial

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and also to salute the thousands . . . more

By James Bernstein | 9/11/20

This Sept. 11, we mourn more deeply than ever

For those who lived in the New York metropolitan area when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, Sept. 11 is a day that will “live in infamy,” to quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . more

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Cedarhurst village will hold its annual 9/11 remembrance on Friday, Sept. 11. Above Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department members presented the colors of the flag at last year's ceremony.

Cedarhurst 9/11 ceremony on Friday

The Village of Cedarhurst will hold its annual 9/11 remembrance on Friday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park at the intersection of Cedarhurst and Summit avenues in the village. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/8/20

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s Vice President of behavioral health Terri Coyle was cited for her leadership by the United Hospital Fund.

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital VP Terri Coyle receives excellence award

The United Hospital Fund, a nonprofit organization that advocates for netter health care, gave its Excellence in Health Care Award to Terri Coyle, the vice president of behavioral health for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/15/20

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