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photo by: Andrew White Crowds line Massachusetts Street to take in the Lawrence St. Patrick s Day Parade on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Lawrence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade was virtual this year, but the money it produced was real. Organizers announced they raised almost $50,000 to benefit area nonprofits that help children. “As they always do, the Lawrence business community came through for us,” Janet Cinelli, co-executive director of the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee, said via email. “As they always do, our parade supporters came through for us too.” If you remember, there was just a wee bit of a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Lawrence this year. The big downtown gathering was canceled due to COVID, and in its place a few businesses decorated their storefronts for a “virtual parade.” (I can attest it was that type of year for all things Irish. My Irish coffee had virtually no coffee in it.) ....
photo by: Andrew White Crowds line Massachusetts Street to take in the Lawrence St. Patrick s Day Parade on Saturday, March 17, 2018. There have been a few times that I’ve wished for a “reverse” St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (Reverse hitting “post” on that Facebook photo, reverse getting too close to the Sandbar float, reverse the hypothesis that all types of green dye are easily washable.) That’s not remotely close to the type of reverse St. Patrick’s Day Parade that will happen in Lawrence this year, but organizers of the major charity event are doing something different to keep the parade alive during the pandemic. ....