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Friday, September 9, 2016
vol. 1, no. 28
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memories live on 15 years after 9/11 attacks
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Villages honor fallen; Avena reflects on job at Cantor Fitzgerald in WTC By St e p h e n Romano With the approach of the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, Port Washington will honor those who perished by participating in the Town of North Hempstead’s annual event. The town will hold its annual 9/11 memorial service, honoring the 56 town residents who died, at 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Mary Jane Daives Green, located across from Town Hall on Plandome Road in Manhasset. Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano will host a sunset memorial service at the county’s 9/11 Memorial in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The names of county residents who died in the attacks will be read by family members. The Village of Manorhaven will hold a 9/11 remembrance
at Village Hall at 33 Manorhaven Blvd. at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. “It is important to gather together to remember the fallen and reflect on the impact this tragic event had on our community and loved ones,” Mayor Jim Avena said. Avena is a former president of Cantor Fitzgerald, whose headquarters were on floors 101 to 105 in the World Trade Center. Of the 960 Cantor Fitzgerald employees, 658 were killed. “This was the worst attack against this country since Pearl Harbor. It’s important to keep this memory alive to honor those who died,” Avena said. “As a former president of Cantor Fitzgerald, a company losing more than 650 employees in the World Trade Center attack, I knew more than 250 employees. I attended approximately 48 memorial services and would have attended more if I could have.” Continued on Page 58
PHOTO COURTESY Of COW NECk PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A boy and his mother petting a goat at the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society’s old-fashioned Country fair. See story on page 50.
Village discusses demolition, rebuilding of Baxter House By St e p h e n Romano
divide the property, leaving the future of the historic structure up in the air. Following a walkthrough Baxter Estates trustees said on Thursday that the owner of the property, which is locatof the Baxter House had with- ed at 15 Shore Road, trustees drawn her application to sub- said they informally discussed
possible solutions with the property’s owner, Sabrina Wu, including the demolition and rebuilding of the house. “We presented it as a potential option, but we’ll wait to Continued on Page 58
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