Milltown Wrangler, said they haven’t been able to legally obtain a new groundhog to replace Mel. New Jersey's weather-predicting groundhog, Mel, died in 2022, just before his annual big day.

A few groundhogs from the New Jersey region and New York state will let us know if spring will be arriving early this year or late.

Those who have attended the unique event also tell of the joy they get from the experience, and how that’s been hard to come by after wranglers for the town groundhog, named Milltown Mel, were forced ...

could not find a groundhog to replace their beloved Milltown Mel. The second Mel died just before Groundhog Day 2022. The state confiscated his replacement just a few months later. So yet another ...

This is due to the demise of the famous Groundhog, known as Milltown Mel. In 2021, Mel’s Wranglers shared the news on Facebook just a few days before the town’s celebrations were scheduled to ...

Milltown, N.J. canceled its Feb. 2 Groundhog Day festivities for the fifth straight year since Milltown Mel, its resident rodent, died two days before showtime in 2022. The town has been unable to ...

Yes, Groundhog Day is on February 2 ... In Milltown, New Jersey, attendees await the weather forecast from Milltown Mel. Staten Island Chuck is the name given to New York City’s official ...

Groundhog Day is becoming an endangered holiday in New Jersey, where Cape May officials said its weather forecasting hedgehog Elsa has died. Cape May County Park & Zoo told NJ.com the groundhog ...