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Groundhog Day is Sunday, and now is a good time to familiarize yourself before you check out the annual weather forecasting festivals in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Here's what you need No groundhog, no celebration. New Jersey has long had its own groundhog - and celebrated its very own Groundhog Day. Like everything else, we went our own way! But back in 2021, that Jersey groundhog - Milltown Mel, um, well, died. It is now 2025 and ol' Mel is still dead. The problem is - there was no backup for Mel. Milltown, New Jersey's beloved groundhog Mel passed away in 2021, disrupting the town's annual Groundhog Day celebrations. Efforts to import a new groundhog were halted by state wildlife officials 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 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. MILLTOWN, N.J. – Another Groundhog Day approaches in Milltown. But it’s Groundhog Day in another sense, in that the town will wake up on February 2nd and again won’t be celebrating its For the third straight year, there won’t be a furry critter searching for a shadow on Groundhog Day in the tiny New Jersey borough of Milltown.. Organizers confirmed they have been unable to One New Jersey town will be without its beloved furry rodent on Groundhog Day this year. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut Welcome, Mickey 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. Next Groundhog Day will mark 5 years since Milltown last celebrated. The celebration in 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has not returned since the death of the previous groundhog. 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 For years, Mel, a New Jersey groundhog, also predicted how long winter will last every February 2 based on whether he saw his shadow. The first Groundhog Day was observed at Gobbler's Knob in Filed Under: Groundhog Day, New Jersey Weather, turtle back zoo, Weather. Categories: Dan Zarrow's Weather, New Jersey News, Ultimate New Jersey. More From New Jersey 101.5 FM. Beemerville Facts. Space Farms Zoo & Museum has been raising groundhogs for over 20 years. According to New Jersey Assemblyman Parker Space, R-24th District, owner of Sussex County’s Space Farms, the real story behind Groundhog Day has little to do with weather prediction: “In nature, Groundhog Day is when the male awakens from his hibernation to find a mate. This year's Groundhog Day festivity in Milltown, New Jersey, is canceled, according to the Facebook post. "We Wranglers are sad to report that Milltown Mel recently crossed over the rainbow bridge Lady Edwina of Essex is a gentlewoman groundhogess who makes an annual Groundhog Day forecast from the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey. Lady Edwina is a relatively junior prognosticator but she continues a proud prognosticating dynasty — taking over from Essex Ed, who retired from forecasting in 2021. When Groundhog Day is celebrated this weekend, one of New Jersey’s regular furry forecasters won’t be around to look for her shadow. A hedgehog named Elsa at the Cape May County Park & Zoo With just days remaining before Groundhog Day 2023, it appears the tiny New Jersey borough of Milltown has hit a snag — again. New Jersey has a few of its own. Skip to Article. Groundhog Day 2023: These N.J. groundhogs will join Punxsutawney Phil to look for a shadow. Updated: Feb. 01, 2023, 11:18 a.m. 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.
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