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2008 Hoboken Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 1:00 pm
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2006 Grand
Marshal
Charles
“Buddy” Matthews
 Hoboken,
NJ (February 6, 2006) – The
Hoboken St. Patrick’s Parade Committee announced today that Charles “Buddy”
Matthews, a Hoboken High School teacher and baseball coach, has been named
their 2006 Grand Marshall. The Hoboken St. Patrick’s Parade will take place
Saturday, March 4th at 1:00 PM on Washington Street.
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“We are extremely honored to have Buddy
Matthews as this year’s Grand Marshall. As a teacher at Hoboken High School
for 29 years and the school’s baseball coach for 20 years, Buddy’s decades
of service to the youth of this community have been an inspiration to us
all,” said John Cunning, Co-Chair of this year’s parade.
"I'm
honored to have been chosen as Grand Marshal for this year's Hoboken St.
Patrick's Parade. I've spent many years teaching and coaching the kids at
Hoboken High and I'm thrilled that I'll be celebrating my Irish heritage in
such a special way in such a special community on March 4th. I'm
particularly excited that my family, friends and students will be a part of
this celebration," said Charles "Buddy" Matthews, Grand Marshal of the 2006
Hoboken St. Patrick's Parade.
“We are extremely honored to have Buddy
Matthews as this year’s Grand Marshal. As a teacher at Hoboken High School
for 29 years and the school’s baseball coach for 20 years, Buddy’s decades
of service to the youth of this community have been an inspiration to us
all,” said John Cunning, Co-Chair of this year’s parade.
“The committee looks forward to honoring our
Grand Marshal and our Irishman and Irishwoman of the Year at our upcoming
Irish Party. These individuals represent all of the great things about the
Irish-American community in Hoboken. They are all energetic, hard-working
individuals whose tireless support of local charities, schools and civic
organizations is remarkable. We hope that many people from our community
will turn out to honor these fine people at our Irish Party to be held on
Sunday, February 19th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Our Lady of
Grace School Auditorium on Willow at Fifth Street,” said Bill Noonan,
Co-Chair of the parade.
Matthews’ tenure as Hoboken High’s baseball
coach includes leading teams to four county, three state and seven
conference championships. Additionally, Matthews has been the school’s
basketball coach for four years and led the school to both its first
conference and county basketball championships in the school’s history. A
member of both the Hoboken High School and St. Peters College sports halls
of fame, Matthews has also enjoyed honors as a past Man of the Year for the
local chapter of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation and Irishman of the
Year for the Hoboken Elks Lodge. He and his wife, Janice Stolte, live
locally and have a daughter, Trace Poggioli.
Additionally, the committee announced that
Rosie O’Shea Grogan, a resident of Hoboken since 1948 and a former Hoboken
Post Office Employee for 35 years, has been named Irishwoman of the Year.
Grogan was a member of the last class to graduate from A. J. Demarest High
School in 1962 and is the proud mother of retired Port Authority police
officer Tommy Grogan. Similarly, Joseph T. Kennedy, was named Irishman of
the Year. Kennedy, presently Assistant Curator of the Hoboken Fire
Department Museum, served as a Hoboken firefighter for 31 years, retiring in
1993. He is Korean War Veteran, having served in the United States Air
Force. The oldest of six children, Kennedy has a daughter, Kathleen Ellen.
“The committee looks forward to honoring
our Grand Marshall and our Irishman and Irishwoman of the Year at our
upcoming Irish Party. These individuals represent all of the great things
about the Irish-American community in Hoboken. They are all energetic,
hard-working individuals whose tireless support of local charities, schools
and civic organizations is remarkable. We hope that many people from our
community will turn out to honor these fine people at our Irish Party to be
held on Sunday, February 19th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Our Lady
of Grace School Auditorium on Willow at Fifth Street,” said Bill Noonan,
Co-Chair of the parade.
The Hoboken Irish Party will feature live
music, dancing, a hot corned beef dinner and an open bar. Tickets for the
party are $50 each and can be purchased in advance at Mulligan’s, The Nag’s
Head Pub, McBride’s, and The Quiet Woman, all in Hoboken, or email the
parade committee at
etc357@aol.com or
helencunning@aol.com.
The Hoboken St. Patrick’s
Parade Committee has also made arrangements for a special St. Patrick’s Mass
at Our Lady of Grace Church to take place at 5:00 PM on February 25th.
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