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High school freshmen reflect on 9/11
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One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline earlier this month in New York. - photo by MARK LENNIHAN
Carly Sharec
Updated: Sep 11, 2013, 4:25 AM
Published: Sep 11, 2013, 4:26 AM
Gainesville High School freshman Meg Thornton was a toddler when the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfolded before the eyes of a horrified nation. “I was 2,” she said. “I went upstairs and got a piece of paper and some crayons, and I drew two rectangles and a plane crashing into it.
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How planning board voted on proposed Gas station, restaurants on Spout Springs Road in South Hall
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A gas station and a building for restaurants are proposed off Spout Springs Road in South Hall. - photo by Jeff Gill
Jeff Gill
The Times
Updated: Apr 8, 2025, 12:13 AM
Published: Mar 31, 2025, 4:38 PM
A gas station and a building for two restaurants could be built across from the Spout Springs Library near the entrance to Sterling on the Lake.
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