Mardi Gras in Broad Channel

THE COURIER/PHOTO BY NICK BENEDUCE “Pearl in a giant clam.”
THE COURIER/PHOTO BY NICK BENEDUCE Floats abounded.
THE COURIER/PHOTO BY NICK BENEDUCE
Floats abounded.
THE COURIER/PHOTO BY NICK BENEDUCE Republican District Leaders Jane Deacy and Eric Ulrich and Democratic District Leader Lew Simon.

PHOTOS BY NICK BENEDUCE
On Monday, September 1 — Labor Day — residents of Broad Channel came out for the annual Mardi Gras/Labor Day celebration.