While November might be dedicated to honoring the township’s veterans, Trinity Chirstian School is doing its best to remember its own veterans with its Wall of Honor. According to Sue Rumeau, one of the wall’s organizers and a third-grade teacher at Trinity, the focus of the ongoing project is to allow students to thank veterans for their service while honoring those in the military with a connection to the school. “Students write letters to veterans, and we get letters back,” she said. “More and more pictures and letters are submitted by people who come here, so we’re finding out who the …

In honor of Veterans Day, Robert R. Lazar Middle School dedicated a plaque honoring all Lazar alumni who are veterans on Thursday morning. For two years, eighth grade Social Studies teacher, Rick Crescente, has grappled with the problem of how to make Veteran's Day meaningful to 13 and 14-year-olds. Then one day a few weeks ago, standing outside of Lazar Middle School, he saw the answer. "One of my former students was standing outside the building," said Crescente. "Until I saw him, I honestly had not thought about him in four years. He said he was leaving the next day for the military, and I…

The Montville VFW paid tribute to the area and nation's veterans with a ceremony at the Communtiy Park on Thursday.

From World War II to the Iraq war, those who have served the United States in war zones have watched history unfold. A veteran's reflection on the past provides a unique perspective on our present, both as a culture and as a country. Elmer Kitchell, of Towaco, was 21 years old when he was drafted into the army. The military sent him into WWII's European theatre by way of Florida, Tennessee, Indiana and England. On June 6, he landed on Normandy's Omaha Beach and he marched across France. "When I got to Germany, they got nasty," Kitchell said. "I was wounded two times in Germany. The first time…