February is the month that wraps us in the warm embrace of love with Valentine’s Day. But we don’t have to stop celebrating ...

A few weeks ago, a friend from Loudonville asked what my favorite early flowering plant was? Answering that question is like answering the question, “Who is my favorite child?” Honestly, I love all ...

Written by Leah Kilde. Graphic by Linnea Sheneman. Every year on Feb. 2, people from all over America and Canada watch and wait to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow and ceremoniously ...

Any self-preserving groundhog would refuse to come out of hibernation just to check to see whether the sun was shining. Like many other ground squirrels, groundhogs go into a deep and long sleep, ...

Commentary. The groundhog saw its shadow on the second day of February, so we are all supposed to buckle up and get ready for ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

The letter also urged Groundhog Day officials to “sprinkle some happiness” into Phil’s life by letting him retire.

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight ... it's also a time of year that figures in the Celtic calendar and the Christian holiday of Candlemas. And in eastern and ...

For those of us who lived through the infamous Blizzard of 1978, the slightest possibility of snow on the sixth of February ...