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BOARDMAN For the second year in a row, a Mahoning Valley tradition is canceled because of COVID-19.
Organizers decided to cancel this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Boardman, said Casey Malone, president of the parade nonprofit.
Multiple factors went into the decision, made Monday evening. Guidelines surrounding COVID-19 contributed, as well as trying to avoid making plans, then undoing them and making refunds.
When the parade organizers canceled last year’s event, Malone said they didn’t think they would have a similar conversation for the 2021 parade.
“I really thought we would be back in order” in terms of the pandemic, which initially is what health officials projected for 2021. “I think a lot of people felt that way, and of course that was not the case.”