Allan Samson of Byram Township with his book, ‘All That I’ve Learned While Answering the Call.’ (Photo by Rich Adamonis) Becoming a first-responder on 9/11 On the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, Byram Township resident Allan Samson was enjoying an early breakfast with two... Local News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:18
Empty Sky is the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the state's victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City at the mouth of Hudson River across from the World Trade Center site. 2017 photo by Robert G. Breese. ‘With tears in their eyes, praying for us and our nation’ A couple whose ancestors were among the earliest people to settle throughout West Milford and the surrounding towns woke... Local News 16 Sep 2021 | 12:40
This is one of the two pools at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan. Photo by Robert G. Breese. A day in September The West Milford Messenger asked people for their thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack on... Local News 09 Sep 2021 | 12:29
West Milford has a special park honoring the victims of 9/11. It is on the front lawn of the municipal building and was suggested and constructed by a businessman who wants to remain anonymous. The photo shows the late Mayor Joseph DiDonato conducting a memorial service soon after the memorial was established. What was lost on Sept. 11, 2001 In the terrorist attack 20 years ago five people with ties to West Milford were killed. The Rev. Mychal Judge The Rev. Mychal... Local News 09 Sep 2021 | 12:17
Carl Corcoran at the memorial to the Rev. Mychal Judge OFM, chaplin to the FDNY and son of immigrants, at the priest’s ancestral home in Ireland. Judge was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. ‘In the face of unfathomable loss, we rose as one’ I was home from America barely two years when the world changed, on that sunny Autumnal morning (afternoon Irish time). We... Columns 27 Aug 2021 | 12:13
