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Latin Mass celebrated in East Village as pope cracks down on ancient rite
BY MARY REINHOLZ | The Reverend Father Sean Connolly faced about 30 parishioners from behind a free-standing altar at the Church of the Most Holy...
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Were a ‘bad shot’ — and a bad actor — to blame for man’s death in Tompkins Square Park?
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The man found dead on a bench in Tompkins Square Park more than a week ago was a regular who went...
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Security upgrade: Block associations near Washington Square Park hire guards
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In some countries where police are overwhelmed by crime, it’s not unusual for residents to hire private security in order to...
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Opinion: Council redistricting maps are huge step forward for voter equality
BY ANDREW BERMAN | Are you a resident of the West Village in Council District 3, currently represented by Erik Bottcher? If so, though you...
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Hot off the press! The Village Sun launches print edition
You can now read The Village Sun in print! That's right! Our first print issue rolled off the press Thursday afternoon and will soon be...
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Posts tagged as “World Trade Center attack”

20 years later: Scenes from the 9/11 anniversary memorial

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a man held aloft an American flag with, in the background, from left, The Oculus transit hub, One World Trade Center and Seven World Trade Center. All three structures were built on the destroyed site in the years after the 2001 attack. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)

20 years later: Scenes from the 9/11 anniversary memorial

September 11, 2021

From family members arriving at the World Trade Center for Saturday’s memorial service to the many others who came to pay their respects from a…

Village Preservation shares nearly 1,000 crowdsourced photos of 9/11 attack and aftermath

Smoke and flames spew from 1 World Trade Center, the North Tower, just after the first plane hit on 9/11. (Photo by Richard Corman)

Village Preservation shares nearly 1,000 crowdsourced photos of 9/11 attack and aftermath

September 10, 2021

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Village Preservation has released nearly 1,000 images donated to it by…

Ministering at Ground Zero; Praying for peace

Four days after Sept. 11, 2001, a firefighter called for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center. (Photo by Preston Keres, U.S. Navy journalist first class)

Ministering at Ground Zero; Praying for peace

September 13, 2020

Frank Morales, a former pastor at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery in the East Village, wrote this piece on Dec. 8, 2001, after visiting…

‘You can do it,’ I told them

The World Trade Center on fire and smoking before it collapsed on 9/11. (Photo by Michael Foran)

‘You can do it,’ I told them

September 11, 2020

BY ART GATTI | I stood at home plate as Jeff Hardy was cooking on the mound, but I never sat before a plate of…