News Nearby: Huntington Remembers the Lost of 9/11

From Dix Hills: Dix Hills Firefighters Remember Terry Farrell

As they have done every Sept. 11 since 9/11/01, the members of the Dix Hills Fire Department visited the gravesite of Chief Terry Farrell, also a firefighter with FDNY Rescue Company 4, who was killed along with 342 other firefighters at the World Trade Center.  

From Huntington: Huntington Remembers the Lost of 9/11

Those lost on Sept. 11, 2001 were remembered in a variety of solemn ceremonies around Huntington Wednesday.

The Town of Huntington held a low-key ceremony at Heckscher Park to honor the 43 residents. 

From Commack: Town Busts Commack Marijuana Farm

Smithtown Public Safety officers arrested a Kings Park man on Wednesday night for helping tend a marijuana plant farm inside a Commack water recharge basin.

Mark Kern, 44, is charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the third degree, a felony charge, after undercover town officers found him tending to more than 100 marijuana plants off Vanderbilt Motor Parkway and Redleaf Lane in Commack at 10:22 p.m., according to Public Safety's Deputy Chief Kevin McPadden.

From Smithtown: Nesconset 9/11 First Responder Receives $50K for Helping Others

A Nesconset residents is being honored by 5-hour ENERGY for helping others cope with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, after overcoming his own obstacles.

John Feal, an Army veteran and 9/11 first responder, worked five and a half days at Ground Zero as a first responder before 8,000 pounds of steel crushed his left foot.