Hackettstown St Patrick's Day Parade new ending location and Quiet Zone
The Hackettstown St Patrick's Day parade on Sunday March 9th has a new ending location this year!! Due to the safety of our crowds, road detours and more, the parade will be ending at Warren Street right by David's Country Inn. The Parade will make a right onto Warren Street...any band or group that would like to do one last performance can do so on Warren Street before dispersing ! Any cars or buses for picking up your groups, can park on Warren Street, opposite where the parade ends or at the Hackettstown High School...just be sure not to park in a "NO parking area".
There is also a new QUIET SENSORY ZONE for those with disabilities and young children who are sensitive to the noise. This location will be marked by bright colored lawn signs - It will start at W. Plane Street and go to Center Street. The Havkeyttsown BID has asked all of it's parade participants the following. PLEASE NO SIRENS, LOUD NOISE, MUSIC, BEEPING, REEVING ETC. in this zone.
Michele Morp So you’re telling me that we can’t enjoy all the sirens, bag pipers, or any other noise because of a small majority of our community? Stay home…..live stream it?
Lifer That's not the case at all. There is a one block area that the quiet zone is being applied. If one wants to hear all the sirens and such, perhaps stay home, live stream it and put the volume up to 10.... LOL. Or simply view from anywhere on the rest of the parade route.
Greg So, the size of the parade route has been cut in half for what safety reason? Were there injuries in the second half of the parade route.
MTSO Big damper on the St Patrick's Day Parade. I got to the parade 1 1/2 hrs before it began. I knew nothing about "Quiet Zone" After getting to my spot in front of the Moose Lodge, 2 People showed up with 2 Signs. I had to ask people around me what the sign meant. I was told no music, horns, or any sound from anyone or vehicle in the parade in this area. I thought " What" !!!!! Several kids were trying to get the fire trucks to blow their horn, but the driver said " Sorry - we can't" There were hundreds of people in that area and a lot were not happy. I think if this bothers some people, maybe they should not go to a Parade....As usual the way the world is going, a few are ruining it for the majority...I will go to another towns parade from now on & then eat at the local places. Sorry Hackettstown, this decision was a poor one...
Sharon M I thought the parade organizers did a great job with this and it was a really fun day. It didn't impact our day at all. I think one of the reasons for it may have been that last year it felt like the sirens went on consistently and loudly for an extended period of time. Our kids actually couldn't take it (and honestly, we couldn't either) and we and a number of people we were standing near all left because of it. I don't remember that ever having been the case so it may have just been a weird year. Either way, we had another great time at the parade, loved all the marchers, loved all the candy, and appreciated the wonderful day!
Fins2dleftA bunch of us haven’t gone to the parade in years because of the nonstop sirens. I can’t believe all the bellyaching over one block of silence. Move over to ANY other block and allow kids - and adults - who do not want fire truck sirens blaring in their ears enjoy the minimal reprieve.
There were so many signs posted saying it was a quiet zone. And it was only one block in the entire parade. I can't see any negative. All anyone had to do was move over 1 block if they didn't want the quiet.
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