Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Huntington hosted its 85th St. Patrick's Day Parade March 10. Photo by David Ackerman
Residents in Huntington were dressed in green, contrasting well with the gray skies above. Despite a drizzling rain, thousands still stepped out dressed in St. Patrick’s Day flair to enjoy a day of Irish pride during the 85th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 10.
This year’s grand marshal was Timothy Rossiter, 72, a member of the Huntington division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and president of the Rossiter Financial Group.
The march featured several drum and pipe bands, along with local groups including local Boy Scout troops, VFWs, New York State Nurses Association and many others.
St. James resident Denise Davis will experience the 35th annual St. James St. Patrick’s Day Parade from a different perspective this year.
“I was shocked. I don’t know how they did it without me knowing.”
— Denise Davis
Since joining the hamlet’s chamber of commerce in 2004, Davis has marched at the forefront of the parade followed by floats, bagpipers and a sea of green. This year, she’ll trade carrying the chamber’s “St. Patrick’s Day” banner for a green checkered sash emblazoned with gold capital letters that will read “GRAND MARSHAL.”
“I was shocked. I don’t know how they did it without me knowing,” Davis said with a chuckle, referring to the board’s decision. “It’s really very special. I’m very honored.”
The 51-year-old, who has served as the chamber’s vice president since 2018, said her first thought upon being announced as grand marshal was of her late mother, Margaret Murphy.
“You couldn’t get more Irish than her,” Davis said, recalling her mother’s “Irish corner” — a small space in her childhood home’s kitchen filled with Irish plates and wooden plaques that read ‘Proud to be Irish.’ “I know she’s smiling down.”
Davis moved to St. James in 2003 after falling in love with the hamlet’s small-town feel. Having grown up in Brentwood, she said she wanted to raise a family in a close-knit community. It was also the perfect place to start her graphic design business, Artpix Studio, which she runs out of her home’s converted attic space.
Davis’ handiwork can be seen throughout the town. Since starting her business, the St. James resident has been the hamlet’s go-to artist for banners, logos and acrylic paintings, according to chamber President Scott Posner.
“She is awesome at what she creates,” he said.
However, Davis said her top responsibility this year is to bring the community together and pay homage to her Irish roots.
“Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day,” she said.
Parade Director Kerry Maher, who has served on the chamber’s board of directors for the past 18 years, referred to her colleague as “the perfect fit” for grand marshal.
“She really is the town’s unsung hero,” she said.
“She really is the town’s unsung hero.”
— Kerry Maher
Maher pointed to Davis’ volunteer work as a board member for the Deepwells Farm Historical Society, a nonprofit organization that runs year-round events at the historic 1845 mansion, and active involvement in the Mills Pond Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association.
“Her love of the town is endless,” Maher said.
On March 16, Davis will walk along Woodlawn and Lake avenues amid children from the community dressed as Irish princes and princesses. She said it sparks memories of when her daughters, Jillian and Jacqueline, did the same. However, this year Davis will be joined not by her daughters, but rather by her dog, Eloise, who also serves as the chamber’s mascot.
“The parade is fabulous, the town is fabulous because we have everyone working together,” Davis said. “Like anything else, you’re stronger together.”
The St. James St. Patrick’s Day parade will kick off at 1 p.m.starting at the Smithtown High School East parking lot on Woodlawn Avenue traveling to Lake Avenue and continuing to the St. James Gazebo at the railroad station.
2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade. File photo by Sara-Megan Walsh
This article has been revised to reflect the correct date of the event. The parade will be held today, March 10, rain or shine at 2 p.m. We regret the error.
By Christina Coulter
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshal has enough Irish in him to go around.
Timothy Rossiter
Thousands will line the streets of New York Avenue and Main Street in Huntington Village March 10 for the 85th iteration of the community’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the most time-honored celebration of the holiday on Long Island. This year, full-blooded Irishman and longtime Huntington Hibernian Timothy Rossiter, 72, will lead the parade as grand marshal in a traditional morning suit tuxedo and a dyed-green boutonniere. It will also be his 25th year participating.
“It’s a grand tradition of the Irish people and it gives one the opportunity to express your heritage to the community,” said Rossiter. “It’s just a very, very fun day — everybody wishes they were Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day. It brings the community together, and that’s probably the most important thing.”
Rossiter, who was born in Brooklyn, said he was appointed to the dignified position during the group’s Halfway to Saint Patty’s Day dinner in September of last year. He joined Division 4 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in the U.S., in 1994. Since then, he has been involved in countless St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, annual turkey drives and other charity efforts. A regular hospice volunteer, he also serves on the Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk, is acting treasurer of the area American Legion Post 360 and serves on the Hibernians’ charity fundraising arm, the board of Taispeain Charities. He said he uses his business connections as president of the Rossiter Financial Group to help raise funds. A golf enthusiast, Rossiter heads up the Hibernians’ Paul Costello Memorial Golf Outing, which supports local food pantries annually.
“I was asked to join the Hibernians way back when — I was interested in community service and this was a way to give back to the community,” he said. “I love the aspect that [Huntington] is relatively small, it’s very community-driven. Mostly, people get along with one another extremely well. It presents a good environment to bring up your children and it’s also a very vibrant business community.”
Rossiter said that the Hibernians attend a 10 a.m. Mass before marching, followed by a breakfast of scrambled eggs and Guinness. After years of participation, he will finally be able to rest his feet in a reviewer’s booth, where he will sidle off to early in the procession.
Beginning at 2 p.m. at the Huntington train station, the parade will include 2,000 participants and feature performances from a slew of bands and drum corps, including the New York Police Department’s The Emerald Society along with local high school marching bands and pipe bands. After turning west onto Main Street, the procession will funnel into Saint Patrick’s Church at 400 West Main St.
A parade route and further information can be accessed at https://www.huntingtonhibernian.com. The preceding annual Grand Marshal’s Ball will be held at The Larkfield Restaurant in East Northport at 6 p.m. on March 8. Raffle tickets cost $175 at the door, and the grand prize is a trip for two to Ireland. Proceeds will go toward parade costs.
“I’m so excited I’m ready to jump out of my skin,” said Rossiter. “I’m very humbled and it’s quite an honor to be chosen to lead the parade.”
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade March 17. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James resident Michael Tully served as grand marshal of the parade. Photo by Rita Egan.
St. James residents showed off their Irish pride by going green this Saturday.
The St. James Chamber of Commerce held its 34th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade March 17 featuring bagpipers, floats and plenty of green. The parade stepped off from the corner of Woodlawn and Lake avenues and progressed to the gazebo at St. James Elementary School.
The grand marshal of this year’s parade was St. James resident Michael Tully. The Tully side of the family hails from Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, and the Carney side of his family is from Galway. He was a health and physical education teacher for Brentwood school district before becoming a school administrator from 1970 to 2002.
Tullly is known for his involvement in his community — as a coach for the Smithtown/St. James Little League baseball team, coach of Smithtown Kickers soccer team, former secretary of the Smithtown Booster Club and former advancement chairman and merit badge counselor Boy Scouts of America Troop 301, according to the chamber. He is also a volunteer at Northport VA Medical Center and the veterans home in Stony Brook.
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade last year. File photo by Victoria Espinoza
The 84th annual Huntington St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held March 11. The Suffolk County police department’s 2nd Precinct is advising motorists of road closures in Huntington between 12:45 and 4:30 p.m.
Route 110 will be closed from the Long Island Railroad station north to Main Street. Main Street will be closed between Spring Road and Lawrence Hill Road. Pulaski Road should be used as a detour for eastbound and westbound traffic. On-street parking will be prohibited after 4 a.m. on Route 110 and Main Street. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.
In addition to regulating traffic, the police department will be enforcing town ordinances and state laws regarding the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Above, the royal court of the 2018 Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade, from left, Queen Jordan McClintock, Lady Miranda Navas and Lady Melanie Weidman
Andrew J. Streeff is this year’s Grand Marshal
The communities of Miller Place and Rocky Point, along with the neighboring hamlets of Brookhaven’s North Shore, are gearing up for an annual rite of spring. The Friends of St. Patrick’s 68th annual Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Sunday, March 11. The event will kick off at the comer of Harrison Avenue in Miller Place at 1 p.m. sharp and will proceed east along Route 25A before ending at the comer of Route 25A and Broadway in downtown Rocky Point. Route 25A will be closed to traffic at noon to prepare for the event.
The committe has named longtime committee member and co-owner and chef of the Hartlin Inn in Sound Beach Andrew J. Streeff as this year’s grand marshal.
In keeping with the tradition of recognizing aspiring young women in the community,the title of parade queen has been bestowed upon Jordon McClintock of Wading River. McClintock is a senior at Shoreham-Wading River High School and is an aspiring physician. The queen will be graciously escorted at the parade by her ladies-in-waiting Miranda Navas, a senior at Rocky Point High School, and Melanie Weidman, a self-employed model and dancer from Sound Beach.
This year’s parade will feature veteran and community groups and organizations, along with elected officials from all areas of our government. Of course, no parade would be complete without the presence of local fire departments, high school bands, Irish dancing, Scout troops and many colorful floats. Be sure to come down to cheer your favorite on! There is something on this special day for everyone, as this local parade reaches historic proportions by carrying on a 68-year community tradition.
For further information regarding parade updates, please visit www.friendsofsaintpatrick.org.
The Hartlin Inn co-owner Andrew Streef was named the Friends of St. Patrick's 68th grand marshal. Photo by Kevin Redding
Andrew Streeff likes being a behind-the-scenes kind of person.
For the past 20 years, he has operated out of the kitchen in the back of The Hartlin Inn, a Sound Beach pub and restaurant and community fixture where he serves as chef and co-owner and he’d hoped to keep it that way. He has always been eager to help local school districts and clubs through fundraisers and donations, but never seeks recognition. And, in 2001, when encouraged by his business partner and mentor Richie Hartig to join the Friends of St. Patrick, Streeff was hesitant, despite his lifelong Irish pride and love for the group.
The Hartlin Inn in Sound Beach. Photo by Kevin Redding
“I told him, ‘I’ll do it as long as I don’t have to march up front,’” Streeff said, referring to the group’s annual Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day parade. In his 17 years with the organization, and being involved in the parade, Streeff has run raffles, sold T-shirts and fed information to the event’s announcer.
“That’s what I really enjoy,” he said. “When the cameras and the politicians come, I’m darting out of the way.”
That all changes March 11 when Streeff leads the nearly three-mile march from the Flying Pig Cafe in Miller Place to Broadway in Rocky Point as grand marshal of the 68th annual parade. This honor is bestowed on longtime, dedicated members of the organization, or those who have proven to be pillars of the community, and Streef “fits both those bills,” according to Friends of St. Patrick president Michael Tatilian.
“He’s very active in our community, a great guy, and, whenever we’ve asked him to help us out with something, he’s always been there,” Tatilian said.
“While Richie would have loved to have led the parade, in my heart I know that he’ll be walking right alongside Andrew.”
— Linda Hartig
But Streeff said he isn’t marching for himself. Instead, he’s accepting the honor in memory of the man who pushed him to join the group in the first place — Hartig, one of the two original owners of The Hartlin Inn; a U.S. Navy veteran, a detective in the Nassau County Police Department, a commodore of the Mount Sinai Yacht Club; and a proud member of the Friends of St. Patrick until his death from a heart attack in 2004 at age 63.
Hartig died before it was his turn to be grand marshal, Streef said.
“Anyone who knew Richie knew this was right up his alley,” he said. “My biggest concern really was asking his wife how she would feel about this if I did it. It turned out she was 100 percent behind it. A lot of people are excited that I’m doing this in Richie’s name.”
Linda Hartig, who joined the restaurant full time as an accountant after her husband’s death, described Streeff as a “standup guy” who would do anything for anybody in the community. She said she was honored by his motivation to march.
“While Richie would have loved to have led the parade, in my heart I know that he’ll be walking right alongside Andrew,” she said. “I’m sure he’s looking down very happy.”
Streeff was born in Queens to a Finnish father and Irish mother, and moved to Sound Beach in 1969 when he was 7 years old. Just a year later, he marched for the first time in the parade as a Cub Scout, later joking that his mother indoctrinated him with the importance of St. Patrick’s Day from day one.
Richie Hartig is the founder of Sound Beach’s The Hartlin Inn. Photo from Linda Hartig
“I think when I was in Catholic school in Queens, with the mandatory uniform on, she made sure that, on St. Patrick’s Day, I had green on somewhere,” Streeff said. “Any time I got a new job growing up, I’d tell the boss, I can work any holiday and any weekend throughout the year except that one Sunday in March.”
Streeff has been in the restaurant business since he was 16 as a student at Miller Place High School. By the time he graduated in 1979, he had been working full time for about a year. He began at the old Nine Doors restaurant in Port Jefferson and picked up different styles of cooking, from a variety of cultures like French and German, as he moved on from one local establishment to next. He eventually found himself working seasonally in Florida’s Palm Beach County for a number of years in the 1990s, until he learned his friend, Linda Sarich, and her business partner, Hartig, bought a restaurant in Sound Beach. The name Hartlin is a combination of Hartig and Linda’s names. Streeff originally offered to help set up their kitchen and menu, but within a matter of months, he became a full partner.
“Having grown up here, it was ideal for me to get involved,” said Streeff, who, since 1997, has taken it upon himself to hire youth in the community with the aim of steering them in the right direction and keeping them out of trouble. “This is a down-home type of family restaurant in a tight-knit community where you wave to strangers. You don’t really see that anywhere else anymore.”
After 40 years in the restaurant industry, and 21 strong years at The Hartlin Inn, Streeff said, “It feels like I’m the typical hometown boy who made good.”
The McCarrick's family, local politicians and store clerks bid farewell to the longstanding family business. Photo by Rita J. Egan
For 71 years, McCarrick’s Dairy has been a staple for Rocky Point residents. So it was no surprise when owners Hugh McCarrick, Kevin McCarrick and Bridget Idtensohn announced through a social media post they were closing the store and selling the family business, the news spread rapidly, and was met by many with nostalgia and sadness.
On the morning of Friday, April 7, the last day before the sibling owners retired, friends and longtime patrons filled the store to remember old times, while flipping through photo albums.
Neil Maguire urges McCarrick’s Dairy to remain open. Photo by Rita J. Egan
Among those customers was Neil Maguire, who was having a bit of fun dressed in a cow costume while holding a double-sided sign that read: “McCarrick’s don’t close. Cows in protest. Cows in udder confusion” and “Cows in protest. Cows in disbelief. Don’t close.”
Maguire, who grew up in Port Jefferson, said he remembered when the McCarrick family would deliver milk to homes, and coming to the store with his family when the now-owners’ father Tom ran the small grocery.
“Mr. McCarrick would give us lollipops or a fruit juice to drink while my parents were running around shopping,” Maguire said.
He said it was McCarrick’s Dairy that inspired him to go into the milk delivery business, and he could always count on the family for advice.
Janice Bambara was disappointed that it would be her last day walking to the store for her morning coffee, preferring McCarrick’s over large chains like Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks.
“It was a very friendly and pleasant place to shop for so many years here,” she said. “They’ll all be missed.”
Kathy DiPierro, a cousin of the McCarricks, looked at the photo albums reminiscing about her grandparents homestead which once stood where McCarrick Medical Park is today. Her husband Nick, a former Grumman employee, remembered when he worked in the stores on Saturdays for a short period in 1969. He said the senior McCarrick was always generous and patient with him.
“I remember the first day he left me all by myself in that store,” DiPierro said. “He said, ‘It’s OK, this is how you work a cash register.’ I never worked a cash register. Boy, was I nervous.”
Tom McCarrick Jr. and Tom McCarrick Sr. look over an order in 1964. Photo by Rita J. Egan
The goodbyes culminated when Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) and town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) stopped by to present the family with a proclamation and declare April 7 McCarrick’s Dairy Day in the Town of Brookhaven.
While presenting the McCarricks with the proclamation, Bonner, who lives in the area and has known the family for nearly 30 years, had to hold back the tears. Like many who filled the store, while she was sad to see the store close, she was happy for the owners.
“It’s so great that they are leaving on their own terms to enjoy their retirement, not because they were forced out by a big box store or another chain store or supermarket,” Bonner said.
The owners said nearly 500 community members have worked in the store over the decades, and nearly half-a-dozen employees met their spouses there.
The McCarricks have been an integral part of the community.
The family has been part of the Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade since 1950, after Tom McCarrick and other local businessmen founded the Friends of St. Patrick not-for-profit organization that fundraises for the historic event. Kevin McCarrick, Tom’s son, also served two terms on the Brookhaven Town Board from 2004 to 2007.
Hugh, Kevin’s brother, said his grandparents emigrated from Ireland to Rocky Point in 1911. The couple had a few cows and grew vegetables on their homestead. It was in 1946 when his parents, Tom and Phyllis, decided to start a milk delivery business.
“It’s so great that they are leaving on their own terms to enjoy their retirement.”
— Jane Bonner
The land parcel, where the current McCarrick’s Dairy store was opened in 1984, holds many memories for the family. The house on the west side of the parking lot is where Tom and Phyllis raised nine children; the dry cleaners that sits toward the front was once an office and the original store that opened in 1960; and the thrift store toward the back of the parking lot was once a four-bay garage where the milk trucks were housed.
Hugh McCarrick said all of the children worked in the store at one point or another, and through the years every one of his children, nieces and nephews worked in the store.
“We grew up in the business working side by side with my dad and mom,” he said.
“We met in 1970, and he put me right to work,” his wife Miriam joked.
His older brothers delivered milk to homes, and later he and Kevin delivered to schools and local shops like bakeries. When they were in their early 20s, the two became more involved in the business.
But as times changed, the business changed.
“In the ’70s supermarkets started coming out, and families were having two cars,” Hugh McCarrick said. “So now the wife who stayed home, she had her newfound freedom, so she would go out and buy her own milk and stuff.”
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, on left, and Councilwoman Jane Bonner, on right, present McCarrick’s Dairy owners and siblings Bridget Idtensohn, Hugh McCarrick and Kevin McCarrick with a proclamation upon the family store’s closing. Photo by Rita J. Egan
One of Hugh’s earlier memories was when milk bottles would come back and still have milk left in them. They couldn’t be returned to the processing plant like that, so the children would clean them out. He said if there was sour milk in there, and you pushed down on the lid, it would shoot out.
“To this day I can’t eat cottage cheese,” he joked.
Despite the sour milk, the years working with his family have been positive ones. His brother agreed.
“We were very fortunate in that all of our family worked in this business from my older brothers right down to my younger sister, Bridget,” Kevin McCarrick said. “It was nice to have a family business that everyone participated in.”
Their sister, who started working at the store 35 years ago, said the outpouring of good wishes touched her.
“You go to work and you don’t think much about it,” she said. “To have everyone come here like this … this is such a wonderful, wonderful community.”
During the last week, she said she heard a number of heartwarming stories about her father.
“Your father delivered milk, eggs and butter to my house every day, and never charged us until my father got back on his feet,” she said one man told her. “I’m an adult now, and I realize how important that was.”
Local patrons visit McCarrick’s Dairy one last time, April 7, on the day the family business closed its doors for the final time. Photo by Rita J. Egan
According to the McCarricks, the business will be leased to another food store and completely renovated. While they may be retiring from the store business, the owners will still manage the property.
As the store closed at 6 p.m. on its final day, former employees were invited to join the McCarricks for dinner. Family from near and far also gathered to bid farewell.
Hugh McCarrick’s daughter Kimmie Wheeler flew up from South Carolina the night before to be part of the store closing. She said she knew she needed to send off the store with her family.
“This is my whole life,” she said. “I started working here when I was a teenager and worked here with my cousins and my whole family. It was such a great way to be part of the family and the community.”
Her sister Kendra Beavis said the younger family members’ careers have taken different directions than their parents, becoming teachers, graphic designers, getting involved in law enforcement and various other things, but said she couldn’t picture anyone else taking the place of her father and the rest of the family.
“Even if someone were to take this over … they did such an amazing job,” she said. “I don’t know if anyone could ever fill their shoes.”
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade last year. File photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
A scene from the Huntington St. Patrick's Day Parade Sunday, March 13. Photo by Victoria Espinoza
Residents braved chilly temperatures Sunday, March 12, to cheer on the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Bagpipers, Girl Scouts, and more marched down Main Street in Huntington to celebrate the Irish.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
A scene from the Kings Park St. Patrick's Day Parade. Photo by Greg Catalano.
Kings Park celebrated the Irish at their annual St. Patrick’s Day parade this past Saturday, March 4. Residents from all over the North Shore enjoyed marching band performances, bagpipers and more.