One of the last big events to take place in 2020 before pandemic restrictions were implemented will not happen in 2021 with the cancellation of Belmar s annual St. Patrick s Day parade.
The parade, which was scheduled for Sunday, March 7, was canceled by the Belmar Borough Council during Tuesday night s meeting, according to parade chairman Chip Cavanaugh. We actually didn t make the decision. I got notified like everyone else last night that the town canceled the parade, Cavanuagh told New Jersey 101.5. I would like to have been talked to before I found out from phone calls that Belmar canceled it. I would like to have seen about some alternative dates or worked on something else to see what we could do.