PETA President Ingrid Newkirk told the New York Post that Phil is denied the traditional lifestyle of a groundhog "for a tired old gimmick." {{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} While Groundhog Day is ...

Pennsylvania Germans apparently substituted the groundhog, endemic to the eastern and midwestern United States. Historians have found a reference in an 1841 diary to groundhog weather forecasts in ...

Punxsutawney Phil, made famous by the 1993 film "Groundhog Day," attracts thousands of onlookers every February 2 to the Pennsylvania town that he takes his name from.

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March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. Cities celebrate with parades, ...

The Nesmith Library in Windham celebrated Groundhog Day with fun Groundhog Day stories read by Courtney Wason, children’s librarian. Afterwards, the children created their own simple shadow puppets ...