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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | FEB. 27-MARCH 5, 2020 13
BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Whitestone resident is
representing Queens County
as an aide to the grand marshal
in this year’s St. Patrick’s
Day Parade.
Margaret M. Costello,
along with 17 other representatives
from New York City,
Long Island and Westchester
County, will be honored at
the Grand Marshal & Aides
Installation Reception on
Feb. 23 in Queens Village.
The parade’s board of directors
and participating
organizations choose aides
“in recognition of their
outstanding service to the
Irish-American community
of New York.”
“The selection of an aide
is acknowledgement of years
of unselfish, dedicated and
distinguished service to the
New York and Irish communities
and for their contribution
to Irish faith, culture
and heritage,” according to
the official parade website.
Costello is the youngest
of five children born to Margaret
McDermott and Patrick
McGeever from County
Roscommon.
She married and immigrated
to Australia from
Dublin in 1981 but moved
back in 1986 for a short period.
She and her family
then went to New York with
intentions of a brief visit but
unforeseen circumstances
compelled them to stay.
The Queens County Aide
has worked in real estate
management for the past two
decades and is currently the
general manager of LeHarve
on the Water, a 32-building
co-op in Whitestone.
Costello oversees 52 employees
and is responsible for
property business and daily
operations.
For 25 years, Costello has
been a member of the Ladies
Ancient Order of Hibernians
(LAOH) Division 15, a Whitestone
based “sisterhood
of Irish-American Catholic
women.”
She has been both the
financial secretary and
treasurer for the organization
in recent years. Members
of the group dedicate
their time to charitable
works and promote Irish
culture and heritage.
Additionally, Costello
is also an officer with the
LAOH Queens County and is
a member of the Irish American
Society of Nassau, Suffolk
and Queens.
The grand marshal for
the 259th St. Patrick’s Day
Parade is James T. Callahan,
who is being honored
along with the 18 aides at the
Feb. 23 reception at Antun’s
(96-43 Springfield Blvd.)
This year’s parade is on
Tuesday, March 17, 2020, beginning
with a mass at St.
Patrick’s Cathedral at 8:30
a.m. followed by the parade
at 11 a.m.
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by e-mail at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone at (718)
260-2583.
Whitestone resident chosen
as Queens County Aide in
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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