Suffolk County Comptroller John M. Kennedy, Jr. and Legislator Leslie Kennedy dropped by Ronkonkoma’s beloved Flanagan’s Pub of Hawkins Avenue this past week to christen the town’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s newest Grand Marshall.
Michelle Jones was bestowed the honor in the same ceremony that marked the town having reached the halfway point in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraising department.
Jones is the daughter of Martin Gaughan, one of the parade’s co-founders in 1991 alongside John Mawn.
"Legislator Kennedy and I are proud supporters of the Ronkonkoma St. Patrick's Day Parade,” Kennedy told The South Shore Press.
“As a past Grand Marshall,” he adds, “along with fellow past Grand Marshall, County Executive Ed Romaine, we all come out to support the community on a day when everyone is considered Irish!”