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NJ town again cancels Groundhog Day celebrations because it can't get a groundhog By Charles Watson • Published January 27, 2025 • Updated on January 27, 2025 at 10:38 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Milltown Mel’s Groundhog Day appearance canceled for 5th year in a row. COVID-19 shut down festivities in 2021, and then the untimely death of Mel just a week before the 2022 event, put a stop Milltown Mel is pictured in this file photo from Groundhog Day 2017. The groundhog passed away in 2022, forcing the cancellation of the borough's annual tradition of holding Groundhog Day ceremonies. The closure of the Wildlife Center has forced the state’s annual Groundhog Day Celebration featuring French Creek Freddie to be canceled, he said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision involves a $19 million federal grant the state receives annually, Justice said. Every year now, people from newspapers and TV stations come out on Groundhog Day and we kick a groundhog out of its den for the cameras,” Vanscoy said. “It’s harmless fun and it comes at time of the year when people need some cheering up.” The public event was canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns. Because of the closure, visitors are not allowed at the center, and even photos of the groundhog French Creek Freddie will not be allowed on Groundhog Day Friday. ORIGINAL: 1/31/2024, 11:36 a.m. FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia’s annual Groundhog Day event in French Creek will not be held this year, the West Virginia Wildlife Milltown Mel is pictured in this file photo from Groundhog Day in 2017. The furry critter took part in the borough's annual Groundhog Day ceremony for six years before passing away prior to the When Mel died a few days before Groundhog Day in 2022, the wranglers canceled because they couldn’t find a replacement in time. And in 2023, the festivities were canceled again because, while the wranglers did announce the birth of New Jersey’s next top groundhog meteorologist, the state said the newborn didn’t meet its wildlife regulations. WV’s Groundhog day cancelled (WDTV) By Frank Egan. Published: Feb. 1, 2024 at 10:06 AM EST BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - The State Wildlife Center located in French Creek UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — UPDATED - 11:15 a.m., 2/1/24 Groundhog Day celebrations are back on Friday in West Virginia. The state has obtained a one-day clearance from the U.S. Department of The groundhog is known as Punxsutawney Phil, because the town where the Groundhog Day tradition originated is called Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. A big celebration is still held in the town to this The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year gap, records for each prognostication have been meticulously kept. Over the years, Phil has predicted six more Call it a Groundhog Day déjà vu. 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 can Annual Groundhog Day festivities in Milltown, NJ remain on hold due to state law prohibiting groundhog imports, following the passing of beloved Milltown Mel in 2021. So the celebrations in 2023 and 2024 were canceled.And now the same thing has happened for the 2025 event, which would have taken place on Sunday, Feb. 2. “Current law in New Jersey does not The event was canceled in 2022 after the borough’s weather-predicting groundhog died The Groundhog Day event was originally held on the grounds of the funeral home but was later relocated to Groundhog Day ceremony canceled in Milltown, N.J., as search for new Mel continues The last Milltown Mel died at the end of 2021 at 5 years old. Milltown's popular Groundhog Day festivities were canceled this year, the second year in a row of cancellations following the death of Milltown Mel. After West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced on Wednesday that the state's Groundhog Day celebration in French Creek was canceled, Sen Joe Manchin now says that the event will still happen on Friday. In 1942, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, canceled its annual February 2 event because, The Groundhog Day movie made the holiday’s popularity explode. Up until the Murray-MacDowell movie, a few
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