St. Patrick's Day

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Yonkers will kickoff as scheduled, with added security measures, following the arrest of a man feds say made online posts threatening to kill officials at the Saturday festivities. Ridon Kola was arrested Friday by federal authorities after allegedly making threats to take out cops along the parade route. He’s also accused of pledging...

A man living just off the parade route was arrested for allegedly making threats to kill police officers. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

Tens of thousands of green-outfitted revelers are lining Fifth Avenue Friday — and millions joining virtually — as New York City’s iconic St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off for the 262nd time in its storied history.

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Sporting a green tie and shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day, President Joe Biden on Friday voiced his support for a recent economic accord affecting Ireland as he hosted the republic’s prime minister, a longstanding meetup scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic the past two years.

The preps are underway for NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, three years to the day that the city ordered all bars and restaurants closed as the COVID pandemic struck. This year promises to be a very different celebration, with no restrictions for the first time since 2019. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Church leaders around New York are giving Catholics the day off of abstaining from meat to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this Friday.

Former Bagpipe Major for New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will now be participating as an Aide at Large to the parade’s Grand Marshall. Gus Rosendale reports.

The 2023 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC is almost here! Lauren Scala meets with Eileen Ivers, one of the biggest names in Irish music, to see how she celebrates.

Grand Marshal Kevin Conway explains how the parade has raised over $1 million for charities fighting food insecurity.

The signature green mint shake will return, along with a partner in deliciousness once again, to McDonald’s menus in the U.S. very soon

It may have been a rainy day, but that didn’t stop Irish eyes from smiling along Fifth Avenue, as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade returned for the first time since 2019. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

One New York pizzeria took the holiday to the next level, creating a corned beef and cabbage pie in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. A decades-old pizza institution added a dose of Ireland to its pies on Thursday in hopes of stirring up business on one of its slowest days. Sal Stile, owner of DiMaggio’s, figured it was worth...

On Long Island, one pizzeria says St. Patrick’s Day is always it slowest day of the year, so it’s giving its pie an Irish twist. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The Delaware-based creators say you can taste the marshmallows in the beer.

President Joe Biden’s plans to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day were scrambled Thursday after Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin tested positive for COVID-19.

After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment once again leads the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade as it marches down midtown Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment once again led the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade as it marched down midtown Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The city’s parade — the largest and oldest of them all, first held in 1762 — ran 35 blocks along Fifth Avenue, past St. Patrick’s...

With 200 groups and 105 marching bands, organizers said this year will be the country’s biggest celebration since COVID

After a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment will once again lead the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade as it marches down midtown Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Thursday. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over. The holiday served as a key marker in the outbreak’s progression, with parades celebrating Irish heritage among the first big public events...