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Vincent DeMarino was an NYPD first responder during the 9/11 attacks. He died in 2019 of a brain tumor that officials believe was related to his work in the toxic air at ground zero.

Family remembers Sept. 11 Valley Stream hero’s legacy at ground zero

Twenty years ago, during one of the deadliest days in American history, Charlene DeMarino was — like many other Americans — working at her office when she learned of what happened that … more

By Juan Lasso | 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

Members of Valley Stream BSA Troops 99 and 116 saluted the fallen at the 2020 Valley Stream Sept. 11 memorial ceremony at Hendrickson Park on Friday.

Valley Stream honors those lost on 9/11

It was a nearly cloudless morning, early, on Sept. 11, 2001, when Valley Stream resident Samuel Gay, who was in college and working as a taxi driver at the time, recalled he had made his routine … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 9/18/20

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

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

9/11/20

Valley Stream celebrated Arbor Day this year with a symposium on the Survivor Tree, a descendent of which was planted at the Engine Company No. 3 firehouse. Outside was Mayor Ed Fare, far right, and village horticulturalist Eugene Boening, center.

Valley Stream celebrates Arbor Day 2020

Valley Stream celebrated Arbor Day on April 24 a bit differently this year. Amid the coronvirus pandemic that had prevented the gathering of large groups of people, the village held a small … more

4/30/20

Mike Field, a longtime Valley Stream Fire Department EMT, died on Wednesday due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 59

Mike Field, longtime VSFD EMT, 9/11 first responder dies of coronavirus

Mike Field, a Valley Stream native, EMT who was a first responder during the Sept. 11 2001 terrorist attacks and former captain for the Valley Stream Fire Department, died on Wednesday at Mount Sinai … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/9/20

Members of the Valley Stream Junior Fire Department dedicate the first Memorial Wreath 9/11/19.

Valley Stream remembers Sept. 11, 18 years later

Although the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred more than 18 years ago, residents across the Island still gather each year to mark the tragic occasion and honor the memory of those lost that … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 9/25/19

Take a moment to reflect on 9/11

Next Wednesday will mark the 18th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in U.S. history, when 2,606 people were killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. more

9/6/19

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