Local weekend festival is one of the largest everBy Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.comFeb 2, 2025, proved to be one of the largest Groundhog Days on record.Daniel Campbell, Woodstock ...

By Emily Mayer Groundhog Day is a custom brought to the United States with the arrival of German immigrants, particularly the Pennsylvania Dutch of Pennsylvania. Deutsch is the German word for Germans ...

The first official Groundhog Day was celebrated in this country in 1887, but the tradition goes back many, many more years than that.

Every year, on Feb. 2, millions of Americans ignore their local weather forecasters — with all their radar, satellite imagery and scientific data — and instead turn to a ...