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Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
Slide show: A parade like no other in Calverton on 9/11
Under a sunny sky, kids and adults alike marched from Riley Avenue School to the Sept. 11 memorial at the corner of Riley and Edwards avenues in Calverton on Sunday. The event was held in memory of those who lost their lives in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The parade, which was organized by Riverhead Town, was a silent and somber one, with no lights flashing or sirens sounding.
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A few fought back tears at the ceremony afterward, where Hal Lindstrom, a Calverton resident who spearheaded the memorial project at the Calverton corner, spoke of the pain inflicted this day 10 years ago.
“The events that happened that day will live in our hearts forever,” he told a crowd of about 100, added that Americans should take comfort in remembering the way the country unified afterward.
State Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R-Shoreham), who participated in the event, said the anniversary serves as reminder of the nearly 3,000 people who perished in the attacks.
One was Mr. Losquadro’s neighbor, who lived across the street from him at the time. He thinks of his neighbor often, he said, and the fact that he’ll never come home again.
“Today is a day to remember the loved and the lost that were taken from us on Sept. 11, 2001,” he said.
The memorial consists of a square hunk of World Trade Center steel, a copper angel structure and two circular patios laid with engraved brick pavers and gold tiles. Mr. Lindstrom, who produced the preliminary drawings for the site, said the $40,000 project was paid for by selling the pavers and tiles.
Some of the materials and electrical work was donated, and Riverhead Town donated the land and maintains the site.
It was Mr. Lindstrom who had the idea for the memorial.
“I wanted something the people of Riverhead could be proud of,” he said. “This is a place for people to reflect and think about the victims.”
SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | An American soldier takes a moment to reflect Sunday at the Sept. 11 memorial parade in Calverton.
