Everybody get in line now

Mid-Hudson St. Patrick’s Parade is this Sunday in Goshen Goshen — The 34th annual Mid-Hudson St. Patrick’s Parade will step off at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, from the Scotchtown Avenue exit of the Orange County Government Center in Goshen. Line-up is at 1 p.m. (See sidebar for the line of march). New York State Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt will be grand marshal this year. Anne (Annie) G. Meeney was born in Brooklyn and married her lifelong friend Robert Rabbit in 1983. They made their home in Greenwood Lake, where they raised their two children, Erin and Robert. The parade committee says Rabbitt has always been a strong supporter of her Irish heritage and her community and is “well deserving of this great honor.” Aides to the grand marshal are selected by the member organizations of the Mid-Hudson St. Patrick’s Parade. The honors go to the following: Brendan O’Dowd, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 1 John Masterson, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 2 Patrick Colman, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 3 Tom Cavanaugh, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 4 Kathy Shine, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 4 Margaret “Peggy” Walsh, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 5 Bobby Rabbitt, Greenwood Lake Gaelic Cultural Society Anne Keegan, Middletown Irish-American Society Sr. Margaret Murphy, Irish Heritage Festival Eileen Callaghan Gertzkis, Saint Brendan’s Gaelic Football Club The parade committee has scheduled two other events for Sunday: Mass in Honor of St. Patrick at 9 a.m. at The Carmelite Shrine, on Carmelite Drive, in Middletown. Grand Marshal’s Breakfast at 10:30 a.m. to honor Annie Rabbitt at Kuhl’s Highland House, 512 Highland Ave., Middletown. Tickets are $20. To attend, call Megan Mollahan at 928-3951 or email Tallirishrose@frontiernet.net. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Line of march Among those in the line of march for Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade are: Escort Division Police Motorcycle Escort Village of Goshen PD Warwick and New Windsor PD’s Mid-Hudson Parade Committee Banner Grand Marshal- Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt Aides to the Grand Marshal Past Grand Marshal’s Irish Wolfhounds U. S. Military Academy Military Police Color Guard Dana Distributors Hummer - NYS Senator Bill Larkin Hibernian Division Ancient Order of Hibernians County Banner Ancient Order of Hibernians Pipe and Drums AOH Orange County President Ancient Order of Hibernians Color Guard Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 Vehicle Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 2 Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 3 Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 4 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 4 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Junior Div 5 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 5 Ulster Division Orange County Sheriff K-9 Unit Scotia Glenville Pipe Band Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Color Corps Warwick Valley Assembly #776 Monroe K of C Council #2079 Combined Goshen Veterans Color Guard American Legion Post 377 Catholic War Veterans Post 1923 Disabled War Veterans - V F W Post 1708 Community Blood Services Vehicle Det. 236 Color Corps 124 N.Y.S.V. “Orange Blossoms” Re-enactors NYC Retired Firefighters Pipes and Drums NYC Retired Firefighters Vehicles New York City Retired Firefighters of O.C. 105 Airlift Wing New York Air National Guard Color Corp Chester Academy Marching Band Washingtonville H.S. U.S. Army JROTC Greenwood Lake Gaelic Cultural Society Project Children Sheahan-Gormley School of Irish Dance Irish-American Society of Middletown St. Brendan’s Gaelic Football Club Irish Heritage Festival Float/Marchers U. S. Marine Aircraft MAG 49 Det. B Honor Guard Manchester Pipe Band Hudson Valley Rugby Club Rolling Thunder Chapter 3 NY Man’s Ruin Roller Derby Leinster Division Troop 236 Boy Scout Band Heart of Hudson Girl Scouts Goshen Girl Scout Troops 449, 159 Goshen Daisy Troop 171, Junior Unit 145 Chester Girl Scout Troops, Greenwood Lake Brownies Troop 675 Harriman Brownies Troop 278 Firefighter McPadden Pipes and Drums Monroe Girl Scout Troop 220 NWarwick Daisy Troop 528 Washingtonville Daisy Troops 394,536 Connacht Division Broome St. Traveling All Star Band Otisville Correctional Mounted Patrol Hamptonburgh High-Lites 4-H Club Orange County Hare-raisers 4H Club O.C.4-H Animal Lovers O.C. 4-H Livestockers. Float The parade begins at the Orange County Government Center, enter onto Scotchtown Ave. makes a left onto Murray Ave. and then a right onto Erie Street to Lincoln Avenue. A left onto North Church and another left onto Main Street goes straight and then left onto Erie Street then a right back into the Orange County Government Center parking lot.