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Yahoo
16-03-2025
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When and where to see NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
The 264th New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade rolls through Manhattan Monday at 11 a.m. Grand Marshall Michael A. Benn, the chairman of the Queens County St. Patrick's Parade Committee in Rockaway, will lead 150,000 marchers up Fifth Ave. from E. 44th St. to E. 79th St. Event organizers expect two million spectators, many dressed in green, to line the parade route in support of the bagpipe players, drummers, dancer and walkers participating. Attendees wishing to be close to the action are advised to arrive as early as possible and stake a spot. Festivities wind down around 4:30 p.m. Those who can't make it to Midtown can watch the parade live on NBC, where coverage begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. The event will stream on The MTA plans to run at least 11 extra commuter trains Monday. Alcoholic beverages will not be allowed on those trains. Monday morning rain is expected to end shortly before the parade gets underway, giving way to temperatures in the mid-50s. At any rate 'the Parade has marched in a variety of meteorologic conditions that have included various examples of inclemency,' according to the parade website. There are no portable bathrooms along the route. First held on March 17, 1762, the city's St. Patty celebration is billed as 'the oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the world.' All units participating are required to have an American flag on the right side of their assembly and an Irish flag on the left or no flags at all. The parade follows an 8:30 a.m. St. Patrick's Day Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Ave. at E. 50th St. That service will air live on the Catholic Faith Network, which will replay the mass at 6:30 p.m.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
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Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade postponed for slain police detective funeral
New Jersey's oldest St. Patrick's Day Parade will be postponed one week as to not fall on the same day as a funeral service for slain police Det. Joseph Azcona. The march was scheduled to take place Friday. It will instead be held on March 21 at 1 p.m. after a mass at St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral. Azcona, who was shot dead Friday night, will be honored at that service, parade organizers said. 'For over 90 years, the Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade has been proudly led by many of Newark's finest,' organizers said in a statement announcing the postponement. 'We are deeply grateful for the men and women who serve and protect our community daily.' The funeral mass for Azcona will be held Friday at 10:30am at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. He'll then be buried at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, NJ. The 26-year-old officer died while investigating an automatic weapon case involving a 14-year-old boy. The teen suspect is in police custody. Next week's parade will be led by grand marshal Sean McGovern, who's operated his family's McGovern's Tavern for nearly 25 years. McGovern's great uncle served as the parade's grand marshal in 1960. His grandfather had that honor in 1965. The 264th NYC St. Patrick's Day takes place Monday at 11 a.m. along Fifth Avenue. Its grand marshal will be Michael Benn, who chairs the Queens County St. Patrick's Parade Committee in Rockaway.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Yahoo
Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade postponed for slain police detective funeral
New Jersey's oldest St. Patrick's Day Parade will be postponed one week as to not fall on the same day as a funeral service for slain police Det. Joseph Azcona. The march was scheduled to take place Friday. It will instead be held on March 21 at 1 p.m. after a mass at St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral. Azcona, who was shot dead Friday night, will be honored at that service, parade organizers said. 'For over 90 years, the Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade has been proudly led by many of Newark's finest,' organizers said in a statement announcing the postponement. 'We are deeply grateful for the men and women who serve and protect our community daily.' The funeral mass for Azcona will be held Friday at 10:30am at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. He'll then be buried at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield, NJ. The 26-year-old officer died while investigating an automatic weapon case involving a 14-year-old boy. The teen suspect is in police custody. Next week's parade will be led by grand marshal Sean McGovern, who's operated his family's McGovern's Tavern for nearly 25 years. McGovern's great uncle served as the parade's grand marshal in 1960. His grandfather had that honor in 1965. The 264th NYC St. Patrick's Day takes place Monday at 11 a.m. along Fifth Avenue. Its grand marshal will be Michael Benn, who chairs the Queens County St. Patrick's Parade Committee in Rockaway.
