Astronomically speaking, the first day of spring is marked by the spring equinox, which always happens on March 19, 20 or 21.

Today is Presidents Day aka George Washington's birthday. Is it a federal holiday? Will the mail come? Is the stock market ...

Go till your soil. Dig a hole. Walk the dog. We did. My daughter and I took our rat terrier to the wetlands of Sugar Hollow ...

Presidents Day is Monday. Here's what's open and closed, including Kroger, Giant Eagle, trash pickup schedules in Ohio, banks ...

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

Here we are already into the February calendar. With the prognostications of the groundhog behind us, be that as it may, there are other celebrations that loom ahead. Of course Feb. 14 is Valentine’s ...

Last Sunday was Groundhog Day here in America. Locally, we waited for Concord Charlie in Athens to declare whether we would have six more weeks of winter or an early spring. In Punxsutawney, Penn., ...

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.

In a 2024 report of the “most popular national and religious events in the United States,” Statista fails to include ...

Movies by Moonlight” has become a recurring event offered by Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department in which attendees can enjoy a movie and often additional snacks and treats free of ...

In the Celtic calendar, this time of year also celebrates ... Many German settlers came to Punxsutawney and continued their Groundhog Day predictions. At one point, a groundhog was selected ...