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Residents of all ages attended the ceremony, at which friends and a family member recalled the four local men who died in the attacks.
Glen Cove remembers Sept. 11 at anniversary ceremony
Edward Lehman was an avid distance runner. Matthew McDermott enjoyed playing golf. John F. Puckett was an accomplished audio engineer and musician. Joseph Zuccala could entertain a crowd. All four Glen Cove men left behind loving families and friends when they died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. Their stories were shared at Glen Cove’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Morgan Memorial Park last Saturday. more
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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
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Bob Hare, of the Baldwin American Legion 246, tossed the flowers for each of the names that were read.
How Baldwin has never forgotten 9/11
As we near the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and American Airlines Flight 11, it is important to remember the words of Al Ficarola, commander of American … more
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Local service members gathered at Veterans Memorial Park in Merrick on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to those who have answered the call to service.
Residents safely gather in Merrick to thank those who served
Merrick’s American Legion Post 1282 held its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11 at Veterans Memorial Park to salute those in the community who have answered the call to … more
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
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Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhodes, right, saluted alongside Merrick Fire Department volunteers during the hamlet’s annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony last Friday night.
Merrick remembers 9/11 nearly two decades later
Under unimaginable circumstances, Merokeans gathered once again at the firefighters’ memorial on Sept. 11 to remember the most unimaginable day in American history. Dozens of mask-wearing … more
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Hundreds of graduating Baldwin seniors threw their mortarboards into the air at last year’s graduation.
Baldwin parents, students push for in-person graduation
While some Baldwin High School parents of seniors said they appreciate the planned events to replace a traditional ceremony, they are pushing the district to host an in-person graduation ceremony … more
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State to allow Memorial Day ceremonies: governor
New York state will allow Memorial Day ceremonies to take place this coming weekend, Governor Cuomo said at his daily briefing on Tuesday. Ceremonies must, however, be limited to 10 or fewer … more
State to allow Memorial Day ceremonies: governor
New York state will allow Memorial Day ceremonies to take place this coming weekend, Governor Cuomo said at his daily briefing on Tuesday. Ceremonies must, however, be limited to 10 or fewer … more
Cub Scout Leonard Soria gave a speech before he crossed the bridge at Pack 206’s Blue and Gold banquet on March 1.
Cub Scout Pack 206 holds Blue and Gold celebration
Each year, the North Merrick Cub Scout Pack 206 holds a Blue and Gold banquet, inviting families and friends to watch young scouts crossover to a new stage of their scouting service. On March 1, at … more
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