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ESSEX COUNTY SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
​REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY 

IMAGE: Carolyne Volpe Curley

This year marks the 19th Anniversary of the September 11 terrorist tragedy which killed 2,977 persons in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. While few who lived in New Jersey will ever forget Sept. 11, 2001 and the days that followed, we continue to annually remember the innocent victims and mourn their losses with Family and Friends. 

Most of those who died in the New York attack were civilians attempting to survive; however 343 Firefighters and 71 Police Officers gave their lives that day rushing into the burning buildings. Until the World Trade Center Memorial was unveiled in 2011, the Eagle Rock Reservation Memorial was the only 9/11 memorial to list all of the Victims names. 

Over the years, numerous persons continue to grow ill and die from exposure to the toxic dust that they inhaled for months. 

IMAGE: Jim Henderson

September 11, 2020

• Eagle Rock Reservation closed to the public from 8am to 10am
  
  

Remembrance Ceremony
The Program will include Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, Jr., Victim's Family Members, Elected officials and Clergy

• 8am Ceremony Begins
• Memorials
• Laying of Memorial wreaths
• Flag raising
• String quartet until 2pm  
  
  

Live-Streamed Ceremony
The solemn Remembrance Ceremony will be live-streamed on the following:

• Essex County Web Site
• Essex County Facebook Page

Essex County Eagle Rock September 11th Memorial

• Dedicated October, 2002
• Names all of the 2,977 Victims and pays tribute to the First Responders, Flight Crews, and Search and Rescue Dogs
• Includes a 7,400-pound steel and concrete artifact from the World Trade Center foundation  

Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, Jr.

“After the attacks, people spontaneously came to Eagle Rock Reservation to view the tragedy unfold at the Twin Towers and leave cards, letters, photos and flowers in an impromptu memorial in honor of their loved ones. I knew immediately that this was the natural location for a memorial because of the public attraction to this site and the unparalleled view of the World Trade Center from the lookout area.

Our September 11th Memorial is a special place for people to come for solace and comfort because of its unique location and its powerful message of peace and hope."

IMAGE: Carolyne Volpe Curley

Essex County Residents

Belleville

• Antoinette Duger, 44

Bloomfield

• Cesar A. Alviar, 60
• Catherine Nardella, 40
• Daniel Rossetti, 32

Cedar Grove

• John Ernst "Jack" Eichler, 69

Fairfield

• John Patrick Salamone, 37
  (North Caldwell)

Glen Ridge

• Bryan Craig Bennett, 25
  (New York City)
• Thomas H Bowden, Jr, 36
  (Wycoff)
• John A. Candela, 42
• Robert Joseph Coll, 35
• Michael Patrick LaForte, 39
  (Holmdel)
• Craig D. Montano, 38

Irvington

• Sean Booker, 35

Livingston

• Luke A. Dudek, 50
• Jeffrey Gardner, 36
  (Hoboken)
• Donald Thomas Jones II, 39
• Ming-Hao Liu, 41
• Joseph P. McDonald, 43
• John Michael Pocher, 36
  (Middletown)
• Kenneth Albert Zelman, 37 (Succasunna)

Maplewood

• Douglas MacMillan Cherry, 38
• Kirsten L. Christophe, 39

Millburn

• Mark L. Charette, 38
• Steven Barry Lillianthal, 38
• Patrick Sean Murphy, 36

Montclair

• Michael Collins, 38
• Caleb Arron Dack, 39
• Emeric J. Harvey, 56
• Scott Michael Johnson, 26
• Howard L. Kestenbaum, 56
• Robert M. Murach, 45
• David Lee Pruim, 53
• Ronald J. Ruben, 36
  (Hoboken)

Newark

• Elizabeth Ann Darling, 28
• Daphne F. Elder, 36
• Syed Abdul Fatha, 54
• Harry Ramos, 45
• Terrance H. Shefield, 34
• George V. Sims, 46

North Caldwell

• Norman S. Rossinow, 39
  (Cedar Grove)

Nutley

• Robert D. Cirri, 39
• Dorota Kopiczko, 26
• Franco Lalama, 45

South Orange

• Christopher Faughnan, 37

Verona

• William John Erwin, 30
• Stephen Louis Roach, 36

West Caldwell

• Scott Walter Cahill, 30
• Edward Thomas Keane, 66
• Jennifer Marie Tino, 29

West Orange

• Thomas P. Knox, 31
  ​(Hoboken)
  
• David Shufee Lee, 37

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE sEPTEMBER 9:
ESSEX COUNTY PARKS
​2020 PHOTO CONTEST 

The contest's intent is to highlight the best of what the Essex County Parks System has to offer its many residents year-round. Participants are asked to submit photos taken over the past year that capture a visit to the Essex County Parks System. 

Anyone with a camera may participate; with no charge for entries.

Deadline

• Wednesday, Sept. 9 

Contest Categories

• Adult (age 18 and older)
• Youth

​Photography Requirements

• ​Each Color or Black/White print must be printed and submitted in an 8x10 format (unframed and unmatted)

Photography Identification​
All submissions must be clearly labeled on an attached label on the back of the photo with the following information:

• Photographer’s name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Age
• Category Entered
• Date
• Location of Photo

Submission
Submission form found here

• Mail / Deliver: 
  Essex County Environmental Center
  Attn: Photography Contest
  621-B Eagle Rock Avenue
  Roseland, NJ 07068
  
  
• Digital Photos: 
  dalexander@parks.essexcountynj.org  

Display

• ​All photographs submitted will be on display at the Essex County Environmental Center Oct. 1 to Oct. 31, 2020

Contest Rules

• Contest is free
  
  
• All photographs must be taken within the boundaries of the Essex County Parks System
  
  
• Employees of the Essex County Environmental Center and their families are not eligible to participate
  
  
• Color and black and white prints will be judged together
  
  
• Each participant may enter two unframed and unmatted photographs that have been taken within the current contest year of September 2019 to September 2020
  
  
• All entries will become the property of the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs and may be used in future publications, promotional materials or displays
  
  
• Any entries highlighting an individual must be accompanied with a release statement signed by the individual or guardian indicating their consent for full use of this photo as well as their understanding of the contest rules
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• Judging will be done by a group of professionals, with decisions based on creativity, technical superiority, composition, and the photographs’ depiction of the uniqueness of the Essex County Parks System
  
  
• Only one Photograph per entrant is eligible for a prize
  
  
• Entries failing to comply with official contest rules will be disqualified

Further Information
Environmental Center
973-228-8776
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