The San Genarro Festival in Belmar, New Jersey, was called off Sunday because of "safety concerns" following a pipe bomb explosion in nearby Seaside Park and Saturday night's blast in Manhattan.
"Because of public safety concerns, the San Genarro Festival in Belmar is cancelled today," Belmar mayor Matt Doherty tweeted Sunday morning.
The cancellation comes after one of three bundled pipe bombs placed in a trash can along a 5k race route to be run by Marines detonated in Seaside Park. The race had been running late, but authorities said they believed the device had been timed to explode as runners went by the trash bin.
On Saturday night, an explosion injured 29 people in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. A second device -- a pressure cooker with a cellphone and exposed wires attached -- was found blocks away.
