Is Sept. 11 a federal holiday? What to know for the 25th anniversary
Is Sept. 11 a federal holiday? The country is nearing the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks . The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, forever changed the lives of New Yorkers and people across the country after four commercial airplanes were hijacked and used in attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon a
Former FDNY firefighter honors fallen brothers through powerful 9/11 stage performance
Kevin Shea is taking the stage in Anne Nelson's "The Guys," a play that tells the story of a New York City fire captain grappling with the loss of firefighters killed in the aftermath of 9/11.
Mamdani is twisting the law to socialist limits — and you’re his next target
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is abusing the apparatus of city government to crush landlords and seize their property, violating state law, the US Constitution and fundamental fairness. If you’re not a landlord, you may think this doesn’t affect you — but think again. Landlords are just the first: Anyone who owns anything is in
He escaped death on 9/11 by chance. Now he’s the last one left at...
On September 11, 2001 , New York City firefighter Sal Argano benefited from a stroke of luck. Rather than working at his regular station—a small Manhattan firehouse situated directly across an intersection from the Twin Towers —he was on temporary loan to another unit in Brooklyn when hijacked planes struck the World T
13 American Bridges Carrying Far More Than Designed
You’ve probably driven across at least one of these bridges assuming the engineers who built it planned for today’s traffic. They didn’t. Nearly every major American river, bay, and canal crossing was designed around the traffic patterns of its own era – not the sprawling metro areas, freight corridors, and vacation bo
Islamic Center Closes on $2 Million Purchase of Montclair Church
After hosting worship in an office building just outside the Wayne Willowbrook Mall for seven years, the Islamic Center of Essex County will have a masjid in Essex County. The Islamic Center closed Friday on the $2 million sale of the approximately 7,000-square-foot building that until last month housed the First Luthe
Diversified to combine four N.J. locations into one facility in Newark
Diversified, which provides audiovisual, broadcast and digital experience integration, announced Sept. 8 plans to consolidate its four existing New Jersey locations into a new facility in Newark. The move represents a significant investment in Diversified’s operations and infrastructure, creating a centralized hub desi
Two construction workers injured in partial Mott Haven site collapse
Emergency crews were called to the job site at a vacant building located at 477 Willis Ave, after bricks fell from a wall causing scaffolding to collapse.
New York City says goodbye to trash piles and hello to fines for rulebreakers
Residential buildings with one to nine units must put their trash in the containers, instead of leaving it piled in bags on the sidewalk.
N.J. priest who ministered to detainees at ICE’s Delaney Hall drowns in El Salvador
Alex Gaitan, a Catholic priest who led the immigration ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark and volunteered as a chaplain at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility, died on Sunday in an accidental drowning in El Salvador, according to his parish, the archdiocese, and others. “We thank God for the gift...
