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St. Patrick's Parade Marshal Named

Deputy mayor will lead 24th annual parade.

Glen Cove Deputy Mayor Maureen Basdavanos will serve as grand marshal of the 24th annual St. Patrick's Day parade.

The parade is scheduled for Sunday March 18, starting at the on Forrest Avenue and ending at St. Patrick’s Church.

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Basdavanos is a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians and also the daughter of AOH Division 8’s namesake Mike Moran.

“It is such an honor to be asked to lead this year’s parade as the Grand Marshall,” Basdavanos said. “There is no better St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Long Island thanks to the AOH Mike Moran Division 8.  I only wish my dad were here to march beside me.”

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Basdavanos is the deputy mayor of Glen Cove, appointed in 2008 by Mayor Ralph Suozzi. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Glen Cove C.A.R.E.S. and a Board member for the Glen Cove Business Improvement District (BID), the Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Sounds Committee, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and is a long-time supporter of the Glen Cove Animal Lover’s League. 

Basdavanos was an active member of the Glen Cove High School Booster Club volunteering with her husband, Bill, a former Glen Cove fire chief, to photograph and report weekly on all junior varsity and varsity sports.  She was also a long-time volunteer cheerleading coach for Glen Cove Junior Football and Cheerleading and a Cub Scout leader. The Basdavanos have two grown children.

Sioban Rack and John J. Hanley will serve as aides. Rack is associate director of Special Events of SCO Family Services and the immediate past president of St. Dymphna Division 8 of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians.

Hanley is the immediate past president of Mike Moran Division 8 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and also served as vice president and marshal. He serves on the Glen Cove High School Community Scholarship Committee and is past president of the Catholic Accountants Guild of Rockville Centre. 


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