QUICK LOOK: Progress on Firemen's Park

Chances are you've driven past borough hall in Hopatcong within the last week. And chances are you've seen what I've seen—land where trees once stood, construction equipment, dirt.

But unless you've hopped out of your vehicle and walked on borough hall's grass, you haven't had a look at the scenes in the photos above. They depict a slowly-coming-together firemen's tribute, which will stand beside the borough's 9/11 monument, set to be unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

about the idea behind the firemen's tribute.