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News Articles: Groundhog Day

Punxsutawney Phil is held up by his handler for the crowd to see during the ceremonies for Groundhog day in 2018 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

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  • National

An earnest defense of America's silliest holiday: Groundhog Day

Let's celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but merely made ourselves more comfortable in its domain.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Avery Keatley
Punxsutawney Phil makes his annual winter forecast to Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel, left, who looks on as the groundhog is held by A.J. Dereume on Feb. 2, 2024. The Inner Circle's members have "the Groundhog gene," Dereume says.

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  • National

8 things to know about Groundhog Day and its big star, Punxsutawney Phil

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club President Tom Dunkel and groundhog handler AJ Derume with Punxsutawney Phil, at last year's annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pa.

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  • Weather

Watch Groundhog Day 2024: Punxsutawney Phil declares an early spring

For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.

February 02, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Here we go again: Time loop stories were around <em>long</em> before the 1993 movie <em>Groundhog Day.</em> So a friendly reminder that one person's discovery of something isn't the same as its invention.

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  • Pop Culture

Time loop stories aren't all 'Groundhog Day' rip-offs. Time loop stories aren't all...

Here we go again: Time loop stories were around long before the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. So a friendly reminder that one person's discovery of something isn't the same as its invention.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Groundhog General Beauregard Lee is show enjoying snacks near his hom at the Dauset Trails Nature Center in an undated photo. On Feb. 2, 2024, he predicted an early spring for Georgia.

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  • News

Georgia's General Beauregard Lee predicts an early spring

From his groundhog mansion in Jackson, the prognosticator emerged without a shadow, feasting on a mound of corn, sausage and Waffle House hash browns.

February 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Rory Szwed, left, and Kent Rowan watch the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to make his prediction at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., early Thursday morning.

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  • Animals

How Groundhog Day came to the U.S. — and why we still celebrate it 137 years later

Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter ahead. Groundhogs may not have a great track record when it comes to weather forecasts, but experts say the tradition sheds light on our culture and environment.

February 02, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Milltown's popular Groundhog Day festivities are canceled this year, following the death of the local celebrity, who for the last several years has been given the task of predicting whether there will be an early spring or six more weeks of winter.

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  • Animals

A celebrity groundhog dies shortly before his big day

New Jersey's Milltown Mel "recently crossed over the rainbow bridge," his handlers say — and they scrambled to find a replacement rodent for Groundhog Day, to no avail.

February 01, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil at the 135th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. on Tuesday. The groundhog is said to have seen his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter.

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  • National

At Virtual Groundhog Day Ceremony, Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks Of Winter

While every day may feel like Groundhog Day in a pandemic, today really is. In Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter.

February 02, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman

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