Middletown Public Library honors local residents

By Kimberly | Published: October 22, 2021

The Middletown Public Library is holding a gala on October 29, 2021 to mark its centennial. They’re honoring some local citizens and companies, some with September 11th connections, reports Carly Baldwin of the Middletown Patch.

Whirl Construction will receive the Business Generosity Award for their work on many community projects, in particular their work on the Middletown WTC Memorial Gardens.

Christine Giordano Hanlon, Esq. will receive the Historic Preservation Award for her work on the Monmouth County, 9/11, and Its Aftermath Exhibit Advisory Committee, for which she commissioned a film marking the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

More information about the gala can be found here.

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Darren Drake Act, named for late Bergen resident, passes House

By Kimberly | Published: October 22, 2021

The Darren Drake Act, H.R. 4089, passed the House of Representatives this week.

Darren Drake was killed in the ISIS lone wolf terrorist attack on a Lower Manhattan bike path on October 31, 2017 when a terrorist in a rented truck mowed down cyclists. The legislation named for him would require employees at car rental businesses to report suspicious behavior to prevent future similar attacks, reports Montana Samuels for Wyckoff Patch. 

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Posthumous award given to FF Durrell V. Pearsall Jr. of Rescue 4, FDNY

By Kimberly | Published: October 18, 2021

The late FF Durrell V. Pearsall Jr. has been posthumously honored with the Order of Anthony Wayne, the highest honor bestowed by his alma mater, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, reports Accesswire.

Better known as “Bronko,” Durrell Pearsall ran into the World Trade Center as part of the FDNY’s Rescue 4, becoming one of the 343 firefighters who gave their lives during the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

He graduated from VFMAC in 1986.

The school’s president, Stuart B. Helgeson, said, “He is most deserving of this great honor as he lived a life exemplifying what he learned here by selflessly serving others throughout his career as a New York City firefighter.”

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