{"id":4240,"date":"2020-07-09T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2020-07-09T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:49:10","slug":"2020-toms-river-halloween-parade-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/07\/2020-toms-river-halloween-parade-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Toms River Halloween Parade Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1307\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1307\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1307\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Toms River Halloween Parade (Credit: Townsquare Media\/105.7 The Hawk)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n.jpg 980w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/13263788_622605911225620_7541009829514135177_n-681x383.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Toms River Halloween Parade (Credit: Townsquare Media\/105.7 The Hawk)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cancellations linked to the coronavirus pandemic are already reaching into the fall season, with Toms River Vol. Fire Co. No. 1 announced Thursday that its famed Halloween Parade would be canceled this October.<\/p>\n<p>The parade was canceled \u201cfor the safety of the community and all first responders involved,\u201d an announcement from the fire company said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis pandemic has struck all aspects of normalcy,\u201d the announcement went on to say. \u201cEven though the curve has straightened out a little bit, the risk is still at a high with the magnitude of people that crowd in the downtown area we feel this is the best decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parade attracts thousands of spectators each year and is widely considered to be the second-largest of its kind in the nation, after the Greenwich Village parade in New York City. Organizers said this will be the third event that has caused the parade to be canceled \u2013 the first two were the Great Depression of the 1920s and Superstorm Sandy in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward in seeing and working with everyone at our 2021 Halloween Parade,\u201d the announcement said, which will be set for Saturday, Oct. 30, due to Halloween falling on Sunday. A rain date will be Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/07\/2020-toms-river-halloween-parade-canceled\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancellations linked to the coronavirus pandemic are already reaching into the fall season, with Toms River Vol. Fire Co. No. 1 announced Thursday that its famed Halloween Parade would be canceled this October. The parade was canceled \u201cfor the safety of the community and all first responders involved,\u201d an announcement from the fire company said. 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