world trade center

A New York State Trooper has passed away due to an illness related to his assignment in and around the World Trade Center site following 9/11.

On this anniversary of September 11, 2001, let's pause to look back at some of the photos released that day and the days that followed so that we may never forget.

September 11, 2001, stands as one of the most somber days in American history, etched in the collective memory of a nation, including those in Upstate New York.

This past Sunday my wife and I were in New York City to visit the brand new 9-11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center site. I am always a little queasy going down to that famous place and I felt the same this Sunday going there. One thing that struck me was the weather...

September 11, 2001 is a day that will forever be remembered.  Al Qaeda terrorists attacked our country. Two hijacked passenger planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York  City, another at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a fourth in a field in Pennsylvania that passengers tried to regain control of.    I think just about all of us can recall what we were doing when we heard the new

A year ago my fourth book was published.  This one, published by Syracuse Unviersity Press, is titled "Monumentally New York" and it takes a look at 30 different monuments, statues and memorials found around Upstate New York.  The list covers all elments of Upstate life, from history to entertainment to folklore.