Hoboken, NJ, cancels St. Patrick’s Day Parade after 26 years - POLL

A quick trip through the photo album at Our Lady of Grace Church web site reveals a hard-drinking parish. There are bottles of liquor and beer cans everywhere at their events, even the Autumn outing. And with children and under-age youth present! It was probably a wise move to keep the St. Patrick celebration off the city streets, away from traffic and businesses. It would have been nice, however, if she had given them a city park venue for the day. The pipe bands and fife-and-drum bands in the video are top notch.

@ACurtin314 - I agree with you. You're also so right about this not being a religious holiday parade in most places in the U.S. For too many people, with and without any Irish ancestry, it's just an excuse to get drunk and disorderly. Those jerks couldn't care less about St. Patrick or Ireland.

I lived in Hoboken for 7 years. I can safely say they will not be able to stop the 1st Saturday of March in Hoboken. The horse is out of the barn on this one. Unfortunately, the Parade committee, all that march in the Parade and the wonderful Irish Catholic Parish, Our Lady of Grace get the short end of the stick.

Zimmer from the name Zimmermann is a German name.Damned Germans have it in for the Irish don't they??!!It's in their blood to want to dictate to everybody.So she wants to reduce the amount of partying!!That's just because it's not the Nazi party.

Ok-Dawn Zimmer being Jewish or not has absolutely nothing to do with this being cancelled-so step back from that comment. As a native NJ girl and a proud Irish American-all I can say is that what happened in Hoboken last year was sad. It's a tiny town-1 square mile-so yes, this parade does completely cripple the town. And then add in all of the disorderly conduct-some which was quite disgusting-the town made the best decision they thought that they could. Do I agree, heck no. But throwing out anti-Semitic comments like that about Mayor Zimmer is pretty low. And PS-most people here in the states don't consider it a religious holiday-it's a day to hit the pubs.

polititians can kiss the irish vote goodbye then

This is horrible, Hoboken will not honor Ireland's patron saint? History repeats itself pure discrimination againt the Irish.....Hey Ms Zimmer does your office have a sign that state "Irish need not apply"?

I doubt Dawn Zimmer is Irish? As she should know,it's (Unfortunate perhaps) the Irish way.to drown the Shamrock on St.Patrick's day..And moving it to a Wednesday evening?? We could still Party!!? So it was for other reasons I guess this has Happened. I am sure it's the small few,like at all Events!! that caused the Problems..well maybe more than a few with Last Years Parade?

Isn't this a sorry state of affairs. The Irish Americans in Hoboken can't have their parade because other residents behave illegally following it. I can certainly see both sides of this. Maybe it should become an indoor event in conjunction with something like an Irish show or feis. I get disgusted by the St. Patrick's Day maurders who think the purpose of the day is to drink to excess and behave bizarrly and inappropriately. Up the Irish down with the jerks.