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FAIRFIELD — The anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will be marked Monday with a bell rung at seven different times in Suisun City, taps played at the base, a day of service at a military cemetery in Vallejo and a brief evening ceremony back in Suisun City. … A flag of honor is flown beneath…

By Capt. Joseph Maguire The City of Brigantine Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department responded to 25 fire calls and 110 emergency medical service calls Sept. 4-17. … On occasion we are asked about the two flags that fly adjacent to the statues depicting the twin towers, because they look to be faded American flags.…

By Susan Harris PORT ST LUCIE — OneBlood bloodmobiles will be available from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at Crary Buchanan Law Firm, at 759 S. U.S. 1 in Stuart, and at Jetson’s TV & Appliances, at 4145 S. U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce, for the 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive. … Donors can also enter…

By Jeff Zymeri When Barbara Sampson ’88 was growing up, both of her parents were actively practicing medicine. It was never a question of if she would become a doctor; it was a question of when. … A Flag of Honor in the lobby of the OCME building adorns one of the walls. “This flag is…

The Pentagon has built a series of facilities at Guantánamo Bay since it inaugurated its offshore detention and interrogation center for terrorist suspects in January 2002 by airlifting from Afghanistan to Cuba, and housing the first 300 or more temporarily at Camp X-Ray. In early 2011, House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif.,…

By Kayla Elder Students at Etowah High School took a moment Monday morning to reflect on the terrorist attacks carried out 15 years ago on Sept. 11. … “Proudly flown below the United States flag is the Flag of Honor. This flag has the names of every 9/11 victim and it will be permanently flown…

Tara Barone, of Alexandria, read a poetic tribute as Bryan Harp and Nick Reitman of Woodsmen Life Chapter 918 present the Flag of Honor to Joe Smith of VFW Post 3205 during the Alexadria 9/11 memorial ceremony. Read the article

By April Baumgarten More than 15 years ago, Robert Tuttle was one of two men who manned the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Warroad, Minn. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was getting ready to travel on assignment to Grand Forks when radio reports began to pour from his radio about a plane hitting the World…

BOISE – Ceremonies marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks took place in Idaho and around the nation on Sunday. … In Meridian, hundreds made their way to Kleiner Park to participate in a flag walk. Volunteers with the Mission43 veterans initiative walked two flags around the park all day from 7:30 a.m. until…

By Ryan Masters SANTA CRUZ >> Fifteen years to the day after the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor, veterans gathered on the sands of Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz to remember the victims and those otherwise affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. … As J.T. Bikul, a readjustment…