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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. 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 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. 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, 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 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 beloved tradition. Since the passing of Milltown Mel in 2021, the 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 MILLTOWN, New Jersey (WABC) -- One New Jersey town will be without its beloved furry rodent on Groundhog Day this year. For years, Milltown Mel was the headliner for over a thousand Central Jersey Milltown Mel, a popular weather-predicting groundhog, died before the 2022 Groundhog Day ceremony, and efforts to replace him have hit a legal obstacle. Groundhog Day is Friday, and New Jersey's two foremost animal prognosticators have had different opinions on the weather outlook in two of the past four years. The rodents' recent forecasts also 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 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 A Sussex County groundhog named Stonewall Jackson VI emerged from his burrow amid the snow and did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day 2022. He will return for another prediction on Thursday, Feb The origin of Groundhog Day in Milltown, New Jersey, traces to a promise a guy named Jerry Guthlein made to his sick wife in the mid-1990s. Cathy Guthlein, a Milltown mother of three, was 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. Several different groundhogs across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania were looking for their shadows Friday, Feb. 1, on Groundhog Day 2024, including Lady Edwina of Essex County, pictured here 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. Today’s audio update: N.J. schools and ICE, Groundhog Day canceled, winter snow totals . Published: Jan. 27, 2025, 6:31 a.m. By . NJ.com Staff; Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update Groundhog’s Day! Allentown Celebrate this holiday—the halfway mark until spring—at Historic Walnford with facts and activities for all ages. Groundhog Day with Punxsutawney Punxsutawney, PA It’s Phil’s 134th Groundhog Day, and the country’s most infamous groundhog will make his prognostication for spring 2020. 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.
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