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Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
When the second plane hit the World Trade Center 25 years ago, Karl Rolappe was standing in a yard beneath the Triborough Bridge, connecting steel girders on a routine morning’s work.
Within hours, he...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
How quickly we seem to have forgotten the lessons of 9/11. The state of the country seems even more tumultuous today than it did the days before that day — one of the most tragic days In America’s his...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
I was making a delivery just the other side of New York City that morning.
I was on Intestate 78 heading for the Holland Tunnel, about 12 miles from the tunnel.
Traffic was stopped.
At first I thought...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Hayden W. Evans of Lansford was credited with “capability and respectability” in his service to the Carbon County Probation Office in the courthouse at Jim Thorpe.
Evans, a veteran county employee, wa...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
He was there before. The disaster was soon after.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Jack Westerman left his home in Palmerton to do the job he had for 16 years. Drive a tractor trailer over the George Washington Bri...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
On that day, I was a young father with an infant son. I was also a young state trooper. I had worked the midnight shift on 9/11.
I returned home so my son’s mother could go to work. On days like that...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
West Penn Township Fire Chief Jeff Bradford said the township is benefiting from the fire company’s agreement with Tamaqua’s former East End Fire Company.
In July, the West Penn fire company announced...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
I was driving to Mohave High School in Bullhead City, Arizona, and I remember the strange quiet on the radio. No music. Just talking, urgent and confused. It took me a moment to understand what I was ...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
They serve classic homemade comfort foods to sustain their operations and advance their core missions.
It’s that tireless work ethic that doesn’t go unnoticed, as even the most ardent of festivalgoers...
Published: Sep 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
The West Penn Township Fire Company will hold an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday at the 21 Municipal Road fire station.
The menu includes pancakes, French toast, eggs, creamed chi...