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Candlelight vigil at Juniper Valley Park honors 9/11 victims on 23rd anniversary

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Sep. 12, 2024 By Anthony Medina The 9/11 Vigil Committee gathered at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for a yearly candlelight vigil and prayer service to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. 2001. On the 23rd anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, neighbors joined together at the 9/11…

Glendale community gathers for 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Dry Harbor Playground, honoring victims and first responders

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Sep. 10, 2024 By Anthony Medina Community leaders and Glendale residents came together on Sunday, Sept. 8, for a solemn prayer and remembrance ceremony at Dry Harbor Playground, honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The American Day Parade Committee, established in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, hosted the…

Queens police officer likely killed by 9/11 toxins honored in Whitestone street co-naming

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Sep. 25, 2023 By Iryna Shkurhan The corner of 149th Street and 14th Avenue in Whitestone was ceremoniously co-named in honor of former police officer, and 9/11 hero, Thomas Gerald Brophy this past weekend.  Brophy’s family was joined by local residents, Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, more than a dozen members of the Police Benevolent Association and…
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Middle Village memorial vigil canceled due to weather, but locals still gather to commemorate victims lost on 9/11

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Sep. 12, 2023 By Anthony Medina The 9/11 Vigil Committee of Queens candlelight vigil in Middle Village was canceled for the first time in its history due to a thunderstorm, but local residents in the Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood neighborhoods still made the effort to come down to the memorial site. Frank DeBiase, president of the 9/11 Vigil Committee, said the decision to cancel the 22nd anniversary remembrance ceremony was a mutual decision between the city’s Parks Department and the committee. Usually hundreds of people gather at the memorial site at Juniper Valley Park, making it one of…
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Queens leaders, residents gather for 9/11 memorial in Bayside Hills

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Sep. 12, 2023 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane Queens community leaders and residents gathered at Memorial Garden in Bayside Hills for a memorial honoring those lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Among those present for the memorial gathering were Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Assemblyman Edward Braunstein, Council Member Linda Lee and Bayside Hills Civic Association President Judge Jerry Iannece. Despite the rain coming down, dozens of residents gathered at the small square behind the Horace Harding Expressway. Attendees huddled together there, many of whom had umbrellas in hand. “Behind every number there was a name, there was a family,…
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Queens communities will unite on 22nd anniversary of 9/11 to honor the lives lost

Sep. 8, 2023 By Anthony Medina In remembrance of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Queens residents are preparing to attend multiple ceremonies across neighborhoods in Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Ridgewood. Queens, a borough that tragically lost hundreds of residents during the 9/11 attacks, is…
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