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In memoriam: September 11, 2001
Today, let’s remember what life was like before 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001 — the innocence, the sense of security we as a nation enjoyed up to that moment. A moment that changed everything, forever, in so many ways, great and small. Today, we remember. Let us never forget.
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Remembering Sept. 11, 2001: Candlelight walk, service set for Tuesday
There will be a candlelight procession from Marine Street in Reeves Park to the memorial beginning at 6:15 p.m., followed by a remembrance ceremony at the four-acre park dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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LaValle-Thiele bill for Sept. 11 license plates signed into law by governor
License plates commemorating the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be available in New York under a bill sponsored by State Senator Ken LaValle and Assembly Member Fred Thiele that has been signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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FDNY 343 Ride stops in Riverhead on Ground Zero to Montauk trek to raise money for severely injured veterans
Dozens of cyclists on a ride from Ground Zero to Montauk Point to raise money for injured veterans had a stop-over in Riverhead Sunday.
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Service set at 9/11 Memorial Park to remember victims of 2001 terror attack
The Sound Park Heights Civic Association will host its annual memorial ceremony tomorrow evening at the 9/11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue and Lt. Thomas Kelly Memorial Drive.
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This one’s personal: Reeves Park gathers for annual Sept. 11 memorial ceremony
The Riverhead community of Reeves Park, which lost two firefighter residents in the 2001 World Trade Center attack, gathered for its annual memorial ceremony last night. Photos.
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Railroad Museum hosts somber gathering to mark anniversary of Sept. 11 attack
Tucked away between the little-used train station and the MTA storage yard in Riverhead, hidden from view by what might seem to be abandoned...
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In memoriam: September 11, 2001
Think of all the living they might have done. There’s no way to know precisely what the world lost when those 3,100 people perished...
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The history behind the attacks: What led up to Sept. 11 and the wars that followed
When Army National Guard Captain Charles Sanders realized young soldiers deploying to Afghanistan were too young to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001, he set out to help educate them about the history leading up to that day and the wars that followed. He will give a presentation on the subject Sept. 7 in Peconic.
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Photos: Sept. 11 remembrance ceremonies in Riverhead
A jet’s contrail, reflecting the setting sun that just ducked beyond the western horizon, cuts a fiery orange line in the deepening blue-purple sky.
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