SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange had music, readings and a remembrance for the Sept. 11 attacks on the 20th anniversary at the South Orange Public Library. The event included musical performances by the South Orange Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Noteworthy, a Columbia High School a cappella group. Readings were provided by village President Sheena […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Mayor Ted R. Green, the East Orange City Council, and East Orange fire and police personnel remembered the lives lost, their loved ones and the heroic first responders. Photo Courtesy of East Orange City Hall
NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by honoring those who died and consoling the loved ones they left behind during a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Sept. 8. In his homily, Tobin acknowledged no one will ever […]
BELLEVILLE / NUTLEY, NJ — Sept. 11, 2001, showed both the worst and best of humanity. The worst is obvious — even 20 years later everyone remembers the fear, pain and anger that was caused by those hateful individuals, the terrorists, who ultimately set off a chain of world events that led to even more […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — “Catch the Morning,” a collection of one-act plays and monologues on 9/11 themes, written and acted by New Jerseyans, premieres this summer, underwritten by Apricot Sky Productions and producer/playwright Eric Alter. A topic with great resonance for Garden Staters, the stage treatment is given to relationships arising from Sept. 11 and its […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. invites the public to attend the annual “Essex County Remembers,” a solemn ceremony at the Essex County Eagle Rock September 11th Memorial that will mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedies in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. In addition to coming to the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, and the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with a remembrance ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge St. in Newark, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 5 p.m. All are invited […]
ORANGE, NJ — Marking 19 years since approximately 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Stonycreek, Pa., the Orange community came together at Orange High School’s Bell Stadium for a Sept. 11 Remembrance Walk/Run Fundraiser. “Today, we are doing a Remembrance Walk/Run for victims of Sept. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Sept. 11, 2020, marked 19 years since thousands of people were killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Stonycreek, Pa. In remembrance of this historic and terrible day for America, Irvington held a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the memorial at 1 Civic […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County’s “Essex Remembers” ceremony couldn’t draw the crowd it normally draws to the Eagle Rock Reservation this Sept. 11 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but the county was still able to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. A livestream allowed those who normally […]