TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Mostly cloudy in the morning, then overcast with ice pellets. High of 36 with a windchill as low as 25F. Winds from the East at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 90% . Monday night: Overcast with ice pellets and snow, then rain after midnight. Low of 36 with a windchill [...]
BY ANTHONY O’REILLY With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, everyone is a little bit Irish. The culminating event of St. Patrick’s Day weekend is the 251st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan. The city-wide parade will take place on Saturday, March 16 this year. It will start on 44th street at 11 a.m, [...]
BY MAGGIE HAYES & ANGY ALTAMIRANO I’m going to try and get into an Irish pub to get into the spirit. Phyllis Fischer I’ll probably watch some festivities and parades on television. For me, it’s just another day. Barry Skolnick I’ll be in Florida in the warm weather, playing golf on the green course. [...]
Ed McLoughlin was sitting at one of the tables set up on what is normally the warming track of Citi Field’s diamond. In a green-tartan kilt, white shirt and black jacket, he was telling stories of a musical band for the FDNY that dissolved in the late 1950s. As he continued to discuss how the [...]
Queens’ St. Patrick’s parades have passed and for those that want to avoid the madness of Manhattan there are a plethora of options right here in the borough. Bars around Queens borough are serving up St. Paddy’s Day specials, so revelers can save some green. Here are some spots around the borough to celebrate: Austin [...]
By Will Sammon On St. Patrick’s Day, almost everyone wants to be Irish, however, not everyone really knows why. New York City, from 44th Street to 86th Street, will be the biggest site of green attire and leprechaun attitude on March 17, the date of the annual holiday. But how does any of that, and [...]
Woodside and Sunnyside recently showed their Irish side. The 2012 St. Pat’s For All Parade was held on Sunday, March 4, beginning in Sunnyside at 47th Street and Skillman Avenue and ending in Woodside at 58th Street and Woodside Avenue. The parade featured a wide variety of marchers, from residents and elected officials to community [...]
