The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.

COVID-19 shut down festivities in 2021, and then the untimely death of Mel just a week before the 2022 event, put a stop to ...

People in Milltown will once again have to watch the Groundhog Day ceremonies on TV from Punxsutawney instead of holding their own celebration on Feb. 2. Milltown Mel’s mid-winter appearance has ...

Groundhog Day festivities in Milltown, NJ remain on hold due to state law prohibiting groundhog imports, following the ...

could not find a groundhog to replace their beloved Milltown Mel. The second Mel died just before Groundhog Day 2022. The state confiscated his replacement just a few months later. So yet another ...

For the fifth year in a row, a New Jersey borough has had to cancel its beloved Groundhog Day celebration for a simple, and pretty important, reason: They don’t have a groundhog.

County Park & Zoo said its weather predicting hedgehog Elsa died last week, putting yet another New Jersey Groundhog Day in ...