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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade marred by drunken fights, destruction and arrests
Residents of South Boston, where the parade is held, have filed hundreds of complaints since Sunday and a city councilor called for 'major changes.'
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PublishedMarch 15, 2024
Life in the Pines: Leprechauns, a St. Patrick’s Day curiosity
Marla Hoffman takes a look at the conflicting and fantastical history of the leprechaun legend.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2023
Maine restaurants, bars hope for return to a ‘normal’ St. Patrick’s Day
With the holiday falling on a Friday, businesses are looking for a profitable celebration after the pandemic has dampened them for three years.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2023
$3 million in federal funds will help preserve Maine Irish Heritage Center’s history
The center inside the old St. Dominic's church building in Portland's West End, a key piece of the area's rich Irish identity, will get long-needed updates to the roof and brickwork.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2022
Portland’s St. Patrick’s parade to return after 2-year absence
The event March 13, held along Commercial Street, is organized by the Irish American Club of Maine.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2021
Biden marks St. Patrick’s Day, recommits to Good Friday accord
President Biden will meet virtually with Ireland's prime minister as the White House calls the Good Friday Agreement 'the bedrock of peace, stability, and prosperity for all the people of Northern Ireland.'
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PublishedMarch 16, 2021
Redefining tradition, the Irish way
Why drinking culture has overshadowed the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, and why the pub is the Irish's traditional connection to the things in life worth living for.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2019
How to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Ireland native Margaret Craven of Lewiston shares must-do's for celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2018
Special events to highlight Catholic church celebration of St. Patrick’s Day
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Baking up St. Patrick's Day goodies
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