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The 43rd annual Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade The 43rd annual Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off at 1 p.m. on Franklin Avenue in Nutley on Saturday, March 5.

Parade day will begin with an investiture Mass at St. Mary’s Church, 17 Monsignor Owens Place in Nutley, at 10 a.m. This year will be the parade’s first Mass without Mary O’Connell, who died from COVID-19. O’Connell often reminded her fellow parade trustees that “St. Patrick is the reason for the season.” Parade organizers are hoping to have a large attendance at Mass this year in O’Connell’s honor.

Parade lineup will begin at noon at the Holy Family parking lot, 28 Brookline Ave. in Nutley, and the parade step-off will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Recent parades have had approximately 1,000 participants and approximately 4,000 spectators at curbside and at second- and third-story windows in buildings that line the route. Among those participating will be pipe and drum bands, school bands, office holders, antique automobiles, bagpipers, Scouts and schools.

This year, there will also be a post-parade party at the Department of Parks and Recreation, 44 Park Ave. in Nutley, from 3 to 7 p.m. Admission is charged, with a reduced fee for children 12 or younger, and free admission for children 5 and younger.

This is a family-friendly event. Music will be provided by the Captain & O’Neill Band.

For tickets, contact Brenda Sherman at bcsherman1521@gmail.com On parade day, there will be a shuttle bus available to take members from Town Hall to St. Mary’s Church before Mass. This way, participants can leave their vehicles at the end of the parade route, so after they are done marching, they can pick up their cars to go to the post-parade party.

This year, the parade will feature Dr. John V. Kelly Jr. as grand marshall, Chase Hamilton as deputy grand marshall, Shayne Martin as parade queen, Member of the Year Jack Wieners and Firefighter of the Year Brian Salmon.

2021-2022 officers President: Karen O’Connor Vice President: Anthony F. Wieners Legal Counsel: Francis J. Costenbader Treasurer: Brenda Sherman Corresponding Secretary: Deidre Hollywood Recording Secretary: Judy McIntyre Chaplain: Father Tom Nicastro Trustees Ellen Bennett Deidre Hollywood Dan Kane John F. Kruse Shane McClafferty

Judy McIntyre Colleen Nielsen Karen O’Connor Brenda Sherman Steve Tucholski Anthony F. Wieners

All parade photos in this commemorative edition were taken by staff photographer Steve Ellmore at previous Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parades.

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Kelly to lead parade as the 2022 grand marshal Dr. John V. Kelly Jr. was born in Jersey City at the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital. His father, John V. Kelly Sr. — who served as Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade chairperson from 1979 to 2009 and as grand marshal in 1982 — took a job at Nutley Savings in 1962 and moved his family to Nutley in 1964.

Kelly Jr. attended St. Mary’s Grammar School in Nutley and Essex Catholic High School in Newark. After graduating from Essex Catholic, Kelly Jr. attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken and graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.

Kelly opened his medical practice in Nutley in 1989, moving it to Bloomfield’s Four Corners in 1990. He has attending privileges at many area hospitals but has concentrated his hospital practice at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville. He was president of the medical staff at Clara Maass from 2013 through 2015 and remains on the executive committee to this day. He was president of the Essex County Medical Society in 2015 and 2016.

He married his high school sweetheart, Cynthia — nee De Jackmo, also from Nutley — in 1983 and they have remained Nutley residents since. They have six children, Nutley Commissioner John Kelly III, Lauren Kelly Schiller, Elyse Kelly

patients at Clara Maass Medical Center during the most severe times of the pandemic, admitting hundreds of COVID-19 patients to the medical center. Kelly — along with his fellow physicians and the hospital administration of Clara Maass Medical Center, led by CEO Dr. Mary Ellen Clyne, who was parade grand marshal in 2016 — led the state of New Jersey in the most up-to-date lifesaving treat-

ments for COVID-19 patients, such as monoclonal antibody therapy.

Kelly Jr. is enormously proud of his Irish heritage, thankful for his faith in God, and is extremely grateful and humbled to be honored with such an esteemed group of honorees. He is proud to follow in his father’s footsteps from 40 years ago as the 2022 Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshal.

Dr. John V. Kelly Jr. DeVault, 2015 parade queen Diandra Kelly, Alexa Kelly Crist and Christa Kelly Winter. Kelly Jr. and his wife are proud grandparents of seven grandchildren: Lincoln, Anastasia, Jackson, Calvin, Carter, Eliza and Aria.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelly’s office remained open to serve the community. Kelly continued attending to

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Hamilton honors Irish heritage as deputy grand marshal Chase Hamilton was born and raised between Toms River and Kearny by his parents Victoria Bodziak and Michael Hamilton. The family moved to Belleville in 2006. Chase Hamilton graduated from Belleville High School, where he was captain of the football and wrestling teams.

From a young age, Hamilton showed a passion for music. From bagpipes to Black Sabbath, he loved it all. His love and fondness for the bagpipes grew stronger every day thanks to his uncles, Mike, Sean, Joe and Kevin McGonigal. In 2006, Hamilton began formal bagpipe lessons with Sean and Joe McGonigal. Some may argue that Hamilton’s debut on the bagpipes was the Kearny St. Patrick’s Day Parade at just 8 years old, but, in fact, his first parade playing the bagpipes was the 2007 Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Hamilton is a member of the St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band and the Essex County Emerald Society Pipes & Drums. He previously played with the Oran Mor Pipe Band, a Grade 1 pipe band, from 2011 to 2013; Stuart Highlanders Pipe Band from 2014 to 2015; and the Grade 2 Worcester Kiltie Pipe Band in 2017. In 2018, Hamilton traveled to New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, with the St. Columcille United Gaelic Pipe Band, where they became the first pipe band from outside of Ireland and the United Kingdom to win the All-Ireland Pipe Band Championships in Grade 3B. Hamilton

police officer. Hamilton’s great-grandfather, James Hamilton, was an all-Ireland military boxing champion, a member of An Garda Siochana and the IRA, and returned to the Irish Army throughout World War II. Hamilton’s father, Mike Hamilton, was grand marshal of the Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2001, and Chase Hamilton is excited and honored to carry on the family tradition.

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Chase Hamilton has also played at the World Pipe Band Championships hosted in Glasgow, Scotland, three times.

Hamilton’s strong connection to his Irish heritage is rooted in the pride instilled in him by his grandparents, the late May and Skipper Hamilton. May and Skipper were born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, before immigrating to the United States in 1958. Hamilton’s grandfather served in the British Army as a member of the Irish Guards and later in the Irish Army as a drill instructor and military

of the Belleville Fire Department and served on the board of Belleville FMBA Local 29 before his promotion to lieutenant in May 2021. He now serves as the delegate of Belleville FMBA Local 229.

In 2016, he became the third-generation Hamilton to bartend at McGovern’s Tavern in Newark, following after his father, who started in 1980, and his grandfather, Skipper Hamilton, who started in 1967 during the Newark riots.

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Nutley’s Martin is crowned as 2022 NIAA parade queen Shayne Martin is 25 years old and was born and raised in Nutley. She graduated from Nutley High School and attended Mississippi State University, where she studied environmental science. Martin currently works as a manager at the Nutley Wine Shop.

Martin’s great-grandmother, Bridget Boylan, emigrated from Boyle and her great-grandfather, John Mulvey, emigrated from Carrick on Shannon, both located in County Roscommon, Ireland. John Mulvey was one of seven children and the only sibling to immigrate to the United States. He served in World War I as a sharpshooter with the Fighting 69th’s Rainbow Division, alongside Father Francis P. Duffy. After the war, he worked in the New York County Clerk’s Office as chief clerk. Bridget Boylan and John Mulvey married and had four children, including Martin’s grandmother, Elizabeth “Betty” Mulvey. Betty Mulvey married Harold “Buddy” Martin, whose mother’s family emigrated from Ireland to Boston, Mass. Buddy and Betty Martin moved to Jersey City, where Buddy Martin served as a Jersey City police officer, and they had six children. The family moved to Nutley in 1975. Shayne Martin is the daughter of Michael Martin and Lisa Danchak-Martin and has two sisters, Caroline and Kelly. Her family lives in Nutley.

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Martin is honored to be selected as the 2022 Nutley Irish American Association parade queen. She would like to thank the NIAA for choosing her to represent her community in Nutley’s 43rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. She would also like

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Wieners honored as 2022 NIAA Member of the Year John J. Wieners, better known to family and friends as Jack, is truly honored to be representing the Nutley Irish American Alliance as the Member of the Year for the 43rd annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

He extends his sincere gratitude to former President Thomas McEnery, the officers and the board of trustees for this privilege, and wishes congratulations to his fellow dignitaries.

Wieners’ proud Irish American heritage dates back to the 1860s, when his maternal great-grandparents, John and Ann (Drew) Flynn, arrived in the United States from County Cork, Ireland.

Wieners was one of six children born to their granddaughter, Irene, and her husband John Wieners. Irene was a registered nurse and the backbone of the family; she worked overnights at Saint Mary’s General Hospital in Passaic to provide for the family while caring during the day for Wieners’ father, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease. It was through her integrity and sacrifice that all six children grew up to be successful.

Wieners grew up in Belleville and attended Essex County College. He worked in the supermarket industry until 1981, when he began a 25-year career with the Parsippany Police Department. He had a highly decorated career in both patrol and detective divisions, and as a delegate for PBA Local 131, accumulating numerous honors and distinctions. In

Hiawatha Fire Department for 46 years, holding various leadership and committee positions, as well as being president of the Board of Fire Commissioners. One of his favorite roles was playing Santa Claus as the fire department toured the neighborhood giving out candy every Christmas.

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John J. Wieners 1984, he was the recipient of the Parsippany Jaycees Club Police Officer of the Year Award for saving the life, while he was off duty, of an 18-month-old neighborhood child who had stopped breathing. In retirement, his work has been for longtime friends, first as a part-time driver for Dave’s Tire in Boonton and currently as a funeral assistant for Par-Troy Funeral Home in Parsippany.

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Salmon is named 2022 Firefighter of the Year Brian Salmon’s family emigrated from Tipperary, Ireland, and settled in Belleville in 1885. Salmon was born and raised in Belleville by his parents, Philip and Judy Salmon. He is the second of three children and has two sisters, Jennifer and Lauren. Brian Salmon graduated from Belleville High School, Class of 1992, and then went on to college, attending Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., and the University of Rhode Island in South Kingston, R.I. He and his wife, Courtney, have two young sons, Brian Jr. and Colin.

Brian Salmon comes from a long line of civil servants, dating back to the early 1900s. His great-grandfather, James Joseph Salmon, was a volunteer firefighter in 1905 and became the first paid firefighter in the Belleville Fire Department in 1914.

Tragically, Capt. James Joseph Salmon was killed in the line of duty on April 16, 1916. Brian Salmon’s great uncle, Michael Flynn, was the chief of police in Belleville in the late 1920s. Many more generations of Salmons — including Brian Salmon’s father, who served 25 years with the Belleville Police Department, retiring as a captain in 1991 — followed in their footsteps and served as police officers and firefighters for the township of Belleville.

Continuing his family’s proud tradition of service to Belleville, Brian Salmon

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NIAA bids farewell to longtime president McEnery The Nutley Irish American Association recently lost its president. Thomas John McEnery, who died on Sept. 5, 2021, was president of the organization for 15 years and a trustee for 16 years.

McEnery was born in Belleville on Nov. 24, 1958, to Thomas Joseph and Agnes Ann McEnery. He grew up in Belleville and later resided in Nutley for more than 30 years. McEnery was an employee of the Nutley Parks and Recreation Department since 2001. He was the loving father of three children.

In 2006, McEnery was selected as NIAA Member of the Year for the Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and, in 2012, he had the honor of being grand marshal.

During his presidency, McEnery grew the Nutley Irish organization to be one of the largest in the state, with the number of members doubling in size under his leadership.

He was the driving force in raising funds for various families in need throughout the community. He was chairperson of the Caring for Kim committee and was a member of the St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus. He was the proud coordinator of many fundraising events, including the Nutley Irish Relay for Life team. McEnery served on the board of directors of the Nutley Red Cross for four years, was Member of Year in 2001 and volunteered in countless events to help others, including delivery of food to first

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Nutley experienced 1st St. Patrick’s Parade in 1978 “Let’s have a parade.”

These words, uttered by Richie Clark back in March of 1978, were the seeds of what has become the Nutley Irish American Alliance’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Joe “Muggs” McGuiness and Paul Denkinger brought the idea of a parade up to Judge Robert Citrino. He loved the idea. His father, the town doctor, had always loved the parade in New York. The judge overcame many obstacles to make the parade a reality. He acquired the permit, the flags and the pipe band. He even had the first green line painted.

The first parade stepped off March 17, 1978, with the St. Columcille Pipe Band; Grand Marshal Joe “Muggs” McGuiness; aide Bob Rusignuolo; and flag bearers Bob Parke and Jerry Popcock. The banner, carried by Bob Carr and Bob Weingartner, read “The Friendly Sons of Maggie’s Garter.” The parade queen, Cindy Cunningham, rode in a borrowed boat belonging to Mark Waidren, accompanied by sisters, Trish and Dawn, along with Paul Denkinger. Drew Bartsch made his debut as the local leprechaun, green shoes and all.

The line of march saw Joe and Ruth Cunningham, Steve Blank, Rick Harle, Jeff Britton, Ken Williams, Bill Woodruff, Craig Sheperd, the Crowley brothers, and Vinnie Dunn. Richie Clark and Walt Mur-

ray drove the float, a flatbed owned by Viola Brothers. Officer Dan Meeham walked the parade route with the small band of marchers to their destination, Maggie’s Garter. Along the way the group passed by the Nutley High School baseball

team in the oval under the leadership of two fine Irishmen, Carmen Lemma and Joe Affinito, who suspended play to stand at attention, caps over their hearts in salute to the flag.

The reviewing stand, supplied by

Judge Citrino, stood at Jack’s Sweet Shop.

The judge, along with Harry Chenoweth, Carmen Orechio and Jack Haskel, honored Grand Marshal McGuiness and Queen Cindy with flowers and green bagels. The judge kissed the queen and gave a corsage to Mrs. Denkinger. And so, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade that no one thought would ever come to be was born and, with it, the Nutley Irish American Alliance was organized.

The first formal parade was organized in 1979 with the able assistance of the association’s first parade chairperson, John V. Kelly, and the late Citrino.

The Nutley Irish American Alliance has sponsored the annual event ever since.

The Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade has grown in stature and tradition in the intervening years. The association holds an investiture Mass at St. Mary’s Church to start the day and celebrates with Irish entertainment at the end of the day.

The Nutley Irish American Alliance has taken its place in the community by supporting community activities, providing scholarships to students, sponsoring a soccer team and providing holiday food baskets to needy families. The NIAA is also a member of the Nutley Chamber of Commerce.

The association thanks all of its supporters, past and present, and extends to all a “cead mile failte,” a hundred thousand welcomes.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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Best Wishes for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the 2022 Dignitaries!

Happy

St. Patrick’s Day

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WE PROUDLY SUPPORT THE

43rd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade AND CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING HONOREES

John V. Kelly Jr., M.D.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Congratulations to the Nutley Irish American Alliance and Grand Marshal - John V. Kelly Jr., M.D. Deputy Grand Marshal - Chase Hamilton NIAA Member of the Year - John “Jack” J. Wieners NIAA Queen - Shayne Martin Firefighter of the Year - Brian Salmon

Grand Marshal

Chase Hamilton Deputy Grand Marshal

John "Jack" J. Wieners 2022 Member of the Year

Brian Salmon Firefighter of the Year

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