Wednesday, March 18, 2026 n www.TheObserver.com n Volume CXXXVIII, Issue No. 45 w
UNDER THE COVER Catch ‘James & the Giant Peach’ this weekend at Kearny High School. Page 3
A GRAND DAY TO BE IRISH
BELLEVILLE n BLOOMFIELD n EAST NEWARK n HARRISON n KEARNY n LYNDHURST n NORTH ARLINGTON n NUTLEY
Top photo by Carol Manley Bottom photos by Kevin A. Canessa Jr.
S
ure, it was a cold & windy day March 15 at the 2026 United Irish Associations of West Hudson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but that hardly dampened anyone’s spirits. In the top photo, it’s little leprechaun Trace, with his grandfather, the great Tony Esteves. In the photo at the left, Bill Dow, the state President of the Elks, marches along in the big parade with a few month’s left in his one-year term. In the photo at the bottom right, it’s Kevin Quinn, president of the United Irish and this year’s grand marshal. See more photos on Page 5.
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