Bird Walk at Hempstead Lake State Park
Join the South Shore Audubon Society on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for a bird walk at Hempstead Lake State Park. The group will meet in Parking …
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9/5/19
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9/11 memorial serviceA 9/11-remembrance ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Memorial on Sunday, Sept. 9 at Hall’s Pond Park in West Hempstead at 2 p.m. Hosted by the West Hempstead Community …
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9/6/18
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The anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks is approaching as our country is convulsed by political, social and economic upheaval. There is plenty of work to do on these fronts, but . . .
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9/7/17
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Remember the flags in front of homes in every neighborhood? Remember the heartfelt respect we New Yorkers showed firefighters and police officers? Remember the unity . . .
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9/8/16
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This Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attacks ever on American soil. None of us will ever forget what happened that tragic day, and we continue to keep the families of those who died in our thoughts and prayers.
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9/11/14
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Thirteen years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that claimed nearly 3,000 lives, Nassau County held a candlelight remembrance ceremony to honor those who died that day.
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By David Weingrad
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9/10/14
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On Sept. 11, 2001, many professional, well-trained and dedicated police officers, firefighters and EMS workers lost their lives at the World Trade Center because, in addition to the other tragedies that day, their radios were not “interoperable.”
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9/3/14
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Malverne resident Alvin Gerson, 87, came late to his latest avocation, as an author.
After graduating from Stuyvesant High School in 1944, Gerson, despite his poor eyesight, decided to join the …
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By Diana Dietrich
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7/23/13
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I awoke at 3:45 a.m. on Sept. 30, and by 4:35 I was on a train speeding from Merrick to Penn Station. At 6 a.m., I stood at Liberty and West streets in Lower Manhattan, near 1 World Trade Center.
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10/11/12
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On Sept. 11, 2001, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller called his wife, Sarah, shortly after 8:46 a.m., when five Al Qaeda terrorists slammed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
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8/16/12
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