Wyckoff Cancels Memorial Day Parade, More Due To COVID-19

WYCKOFF, NJ — Wyckoff Mayor Tim Shanley had just wrapped up the township's first Zoom meeting when he received word that another resident had died because of COVID-19, he wrote in his May 5 message to the township.

Though Shanley's messages were hopeful as it pertained to the virus on both May 4 and May 5, there was bad news.

In his May 4 message he announced that the township Memorial Day Parade would be cancelled. The parade committee is putting together a video so the town can "still remember those who gave their lives so we can have the freedoms we enjoy as Americans," he wrote.

Additionally, the Wyckoff Police Department announced the Junior Police Academy for sixth, seventh and eighth graders has been cancelled.

Shanley isn't the only one dealing with cancellations either. After Gov. Phil Murphy announced schools would be closed for the rest of the year, Interim Superintendent Jeffrey Feifer and Assistant Superintendent Grace White sent a memo to Wyckoff School District families.

In the memo, it was stated that planning was currently in progress regarding the most effectively way to finish the 2020 school year.

"We have developed a system of communication that includes weekly updates from principals and a weekly update from Assistant Superintendent Grace White and myself. Specific details and information about our progress have been, and will continue to be, shared in these weekly communications," it read.

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