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Groundhog Day is Tomorrow

Liz Jeressi — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:32:43 +0000

In case you can’t keep it straight: if the sun shines and Puxatawney Phil sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. But here are some other things about Groundhog Day you may not have known. They’ve been celebrating Groundhog Day in Puxatawney, PA, since 1886. It’s based on an old Scottish rhyme and German tradition. [...]

The Groundhog Was So Very Wrong!

Liz Jeressi — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:29:29 +0000

Back on February 2nd, a little groundhog you may have heard of was pulled from a hole in the ground in Pennsylvania and asked to predict when spring would arrive. Boy was he wrong. Not only was this NOT a long winter in our area, but spring — which arrived overnight — came earlier than [...]

Lou & Liz Disagree With Punxsutawney Phil

Lou Russo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:07:45 +0000

Liz and I heard all about Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow and we didn’t like it. And why listen to a groundhog from Pennsylvania anyway when we had a visit from our Monmouth County SPCA Pet of the Week? So we brought Peensy and our friend Jerry from the Monmouth County SPCA out to the [...]

Groundhog Day Is Here, But It's More Than Punxsutawney Phil

Lou Russo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:27:40 +0000

Today is the day we all wait around to let a groundhog predict our weather. This is a day Alan Kasper must dread. With all the high tech, state of the art equipment he has, today he takes a back seat to Punxsutawney Phil...and Lincroft Liz and Little Silver Lou. Liz and I feel like we should get a more local prediction than Phil gives us.