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BY JENNA BAGCAL
Organizers of the Bayside
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
announced on Monday, Jan.
25, that the annual event has
been canceled for the second
year in a row.
In a letter posted on the parade’s
official Facebook page,
the organizers said that the
event scheduled for March 27,
2021, would not be moving forward
“due to the continuing
COVID-19 virus situation.”
Back in 2020, the parade committee
canceled what would
have been the third annual
event amongst growing coronavirus
concerns in the city.
“As organizers of the parade,
we feel morally obliged
to avoid any chance of endangering
our families, friends,
guests and the community
at large by continuing with
plans for this year’s parade.
We look forward, instead, to
marching again on March 26,
2022,” said the organizers in
the letter.
The parade committee
said that this year’s Grand
Marshall Eileen Flannelly
Mackell would maintain her
role during the 2022 parade
as would aides Tommy Mulvihill,
Joe Donovan, John Golden,
Tom Golden and Father
Chris Henue. Additionally,
the March 2022 parade would
continue to honor the memory
of Phil Brady, an aide to
the grand marshal in 2019.
“Let us also keep in mind
and look to support all the
local businesses that helped
keep our parade going,” the
committee said. “And please
remember and pray for all our
first responders and essential
workers, many of whom serve
on our committee, and to
those in our community who
lost their lives to COVID-19,
may they stay in our hearts
forever.”
The first-ever parade hit
the streets of Bayside in 2018
to celebrate the neighborhood’s
Irish community and
traditions.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@qns.
com or by phone at (718) 260-
2583.
BY JENNA BAGCAL
After almost 20 years, a Little
Neck supermarket is closing
its doors for good.
According to a spokesperson
for Stop & Shop, its northeast
Queens location at 249-26
Northern Blvd. is set to shut
down, though the company did
not confirm a specific date.
“Stop & Shop conducts
reviews of its business performance
on a regular basis,
and this store was identified
as underperforming relative
to financial expectations. An
exact closing date has yet to
be determined. All Little Neck
store associates will have the
opportunity to transfer to other
Stop & Shop locations,” said
the company’s spokesperson.
Following the closure of the
now-defunct Grand Union supermarket
in 2000, northeast
Queens residents looked to
Stop & Shop as a replacement
for their grocery needs. After
nearly three years, the Bostonbased
grocery chain opened in
Little Neck in January 2003.
Photo courtesy of the Bayside Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
Stop & Shop in Little Neck will close its doors.
Photo via Google Maps
Little Neck Stop &
Shop set to close
Bayside St. Pat’s parade canceled
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