‘PIECES FALLING’

AUTHOR OFFERS 9/11 REFLECTIONS

Ann Van Hine lost her husband, of the FDNY; proceeds of Sept. 7 visit support Friends of the Westwood Library

The Contemporaries of the Womanʼs Club of Westwood, in partnership with the Westwood Public Library, invite the community to join in an afternoon of Sept. 11 remembrance featuring author Ann Van Hine.

The event — on Thursday, Sept. 7 at noon at the Westwood Public Library, 49 Park Ave. — features a discussion with Van Hine, who lost her husband, Richard Bruce Van Hine, a Bronx firefighter, Squad 41, on Sept. 11, 2001. She shares her story of personal loss amid a national tragedy in her book, “Pieces Falling: Navigating 9/11 with Faith, Family & The FDNY ”

BY PATRICKBREEN SPECIAL TO PASCACK PRESS

ARIYA SUWANIS one of the top junior divers in the country, competing with Team USA in Sweden, and traveling to AAU competitions all over the United States.

At just 10 years old — the

Old Tappan resident is looking forward to fifth grade at Charles DeWolf Middle School — Ariya already has won multiple national competitions.

In July she took home first place in the 1-meter and 3-meter high dives, and second on platform, at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Championships in Riverside, Calif.,

Heavy Metal

The Contemporaries of the Womanʼs Club of Westwood tell Pascack Press that Van Hine says she believes that the stories of Sept. 11, 2001 are like a mosaic. “The stories donʼt fit together like a puzzle. Instead, they lay next to each other to form the larger narrative of what happened that day and since.”

Van Hineʼs journey parallels the evolution of Ground Zero from a place of death and destruction to the moving Memorial Plaza today — and is a beautiful testament to the See PIECES on page 9

Bckintime...

A scene captured in Hillsdale around 1908 shows the now-venerable Riley Building, at the corner of Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue, when it was just a couple of years old.

TANS eyes more work on jet noise

To the editor:

ON BEHALFOF TANS, Taxpayers for Aircraft

Noise Solutions, we thank John Snyder and Michael Olohan for their well-written article covering TANS and our mission. [Residentsʼjetnoise appeal in FAAʼs court,” Page 1, July 10, 2023.]

TANS received a response to our first letter to the FAA. We are encouraged that the FAA responded. However, their response highlights that there is more work to be