Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns for 49th year
According to the Coast Star, Amanda Cregan is a member of the John Walsh Chapter of the Irish American Cultural Institute and serves on the NJ Irish Festival Committee
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322ds agoThe 49th
annual Belmar St. Patrick’s Day Parade returned to Main Street in Lake Como
Sunday with nearly 200 groups participating.
Organizers
say it is the biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the state, but COVID-19
silenced the green-painted street in 2021, aside from a small group of dedicated
marchers.
The
parade began at 12:30 p.m. with the first female grand marshal in the parade’s
history, Amanda Louise Cregan.
According
to the Coast Star, Cregan is a member of the John Walsh Chapter of the Irish
American Cultural Institute and serves on the NJ Irish Festival Committee.
“It’s an
amazing honor to represent my peers in the parade,” Cregan says. “There are
just so many ladies who’ve set the bar so high, it’s just an honor to represent
everybody.”
Town
officials say the parade is the start to the tourist season. They hope the
added traffic will help bolster small businesses that took a hit during the
pandemic.
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