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Looking back again on a tragedy we’ll never forget

For all Americans, and particularly Long Islanders, who recall the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, reliving those tragic moments each year is devastating, and yet, at the same time, gratifying and reassuring. more

9/14/23

9/11 is more than just a day on our calendar

If you ask almost anyone above the age of thirty where you were on September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers fell, you can almost always expect a detailed response. To my generation, however, … more

By Ilana Greenberg | 9/16/22

Reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks 20 years later

The Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades . . . more

9/9/21

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

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

We can never forget those who toiled at ground zero

As you read this, you may be reflecting on the 18th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. This is the most somber of days, on which we recall how our world was shattered that warm September morning. more

By Jim Gaughran | 9/13/19

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

‘No day shall erase you from the memory of time’

Next week is the 17th Sept. 11 since Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the United States, flying airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashing in a Pennsylvania field. Schools and villages will, I hope . . . more

9/6/18

In America, patriotism, politics and sports are forever intertwined

As Vice President Mike Pence’s post-national anthem exit from last Sunday’s NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts made abundantly clear . . . more

10/13/17

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