Columbus Day Parade to Feature Geed as a Grand Marshal

Former News12 anchor Doug Geed will help lead the Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 13, joining three others serving as grand marshals.

Butch Yamali, president of Dover Group Business Company, and Marisol and Biagio Isgro, Jr., the state president of  Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, will also seve as grand marshals.

The parade route will reverse this year, starting on Main Street at Clinton Avenue and heading east to Heckscher Park, where the Long Island Fall Festival will be underway. In past years, the parade went from Main Street and Park Avenue to the Christopher Columbus statue at Main Street and Lawrence Hill Road. It will step off at 11 a.m.

Geed spent almost 38 years as a news anchor for News 12, and was the final member of the original News12 crew that went on the air in 1986. He retired as anchor last July but continued as host of  “The East End” program until December.

The Long Island Fall Festival gets underway Oct. 11 at Heckscher Park and continues through Oct. 14. The festival, sponsored by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, draws thousands of visitors every years.

The schedule:

Friday, October 11 ^th – 5:00-10:00 pm (Carnival, Music and Beer & Wine Tent)

Saturday, October 12 ^th – 11:00am-10:00 pm (Vendors 11am-6pm) Carnival, Music and Beer & Wine Tent-10pm

Sunday, October 13 ^th – 11:00am-10:00 pm (Vendors 11am-6pm) Carnival, Music and Beer & Wine Tent-10pm

Monday, October 14 ^th – 11:00am-5:00 pm (Vendors, Carnival, Music and Beer & Wine Tent)

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