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This one’s personal: Reeves Park gathers for annual Sept. 11 memorial ceremony

by Sep 12, 2016
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.

Railroad Museum hosts somber gathering to mark anniversary of Sept. 11 attack

by Sep 11, 2016
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

by Sep 11, 2016
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

by Sep 1, 2016
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.

Photos: Sept. 11 remembrance ceremonies in Riverhead

by Sep 12, 2015
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. As...
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In memoriam: September 11

by Sep 11, 2015
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 on Sept. 11, 2001. The hopes and dreams, the deals and ideas, the futures… reduced to rubble and ash. The list of names of the victims killed that day.

Riverhead will mark anniversary of terror attacks with candlelight service at 9-11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue

by Sep 7, 2015
Friday marks the 14th anniversary of the terror attacks that claimed more than 3,000 lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Local residents will gather at 6:30 p.m. Friday for a candlelight remembrance procession and ceremony.