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A local congressman and county residents are urging Nassau County officials to repair cracked tiles, peeling paint and other damage to the Sept. 11 memorial in Eisenhower Park. The monument …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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At 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, Congress missed an important deadline to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and that, my friends, is totally unacceptable.
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10/8/15
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A sapling from a tree that survived the collapse of the twin towers has found a new home in Rockville Centre.
The tree, a Callery pear, had been reduced to an 8-foot-tall stump when it was found …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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9/23/15
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Firefighter Michael Kiefer, of Franklin Square, was killed in the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. His father, Bud Kiefer, and the rest of his family, have planned a dinner dance fundraiser in …
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9/15/15
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Five thousand, one hundred twelve days have passed since Sept. 11, 2001. People who are 21 now were only 7 then; students who will graduate from high school this school year were 3 or 4. They cannot know how life was different before the attacks . . .
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9/10/15
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In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, thousands of people from across the country flocked to New York City to help in any way they could. They helped pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of …
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By Alex Costello
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9/2/15
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After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . .
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7/15/15
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About 50 Rockville Centre residents attended the village’s annual Sept. 11 vigil at the Village Green on a cold night last Sunday. Some were children and teenagers too young to remember the terrorist attacks 13 years ago.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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10/22/14
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No one will ever forget
To the Editor:
I wrote this poem in honor of all the souls that were taken away on 9/11:
It’s been 13 years ago innocent lives were taken away.
No one will ever …
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10/1/14
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The observance of the anniversary of Sept. 11 is meant to be a reminder of a tragedy of the past. But with all the terrorist activities going on around the world, the 9/11 remembrance is a continuing wake-up call for America in these frightening times.
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9/11/14
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