The 17th anniversary 9/11 is being marked in New Milford with a morning ceremony at Patriot's Way Plaza.  Residents are gathering around the 9/11 Monument at 8am. The service will commence at 8:46am. 

Danbury's annual Remembrance Ceremony takes place this evening.  The short service will be held at 5pm inside at the Danbury War Memorial.  Traditionally the event is held at Elmwood Park, the site of the City's 9/11 monument, but there is a threat of rain.  The twelve-foot tower of glass is mounted on a pentagon of Connecticut granite.  All Connecticut victims’ names of the tragedy are etched into one panel of the tower. Danbury residents’ names are highlighted at eye-level. The glass tower is lighted from dusk to dawn.

Bethel Fire Department and the town of Bethel are hosting a memorial service at 6:30pm at Bethel Town Hall on Tuesday.

Ridgefield is hosting a memorial ceremony tonight to remember and honor those who were lost.  The service will take place at 6:30pm  by the September 11 Memorial Monument on Danbury Road.  A 10-foot steel beam from the Twin Towers stands atop a pentagon-shaped base that reads, “Dedicated to those who fell and those who carry on. May we never forget.”  The rusted and jagged steel beam from the World Trade Center was transformed into a work of art by sculptor Chris Curnan, and dedicated in 2011.  Eight people with ties to Ridgefield died on 9/11.

U.S. and state flags in Connecticut have been directed to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday.  Governor Malloy said the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven also will be illuminated in red, white, and blue lights Tuesday evening in recognition of the anniversary.  Beacons that can project light nearly six miles into the night sky will be lit both nights. 

There are 161 victims with ties to Connecticut who were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.