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Bye bye winter: Sussex County groundhog predicts an early spring
WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Sussex County) – Sussex County’s resident groundhog Stonewall Jackson emerged from his winter hideaway Friday to predict what the next six weeks have in store.
Stonewall, based at the Space Farms Zoo & Museum, did not see his shadow and predicts an early spring.
Several other groundhogs from around the region also ventured outside to search for their shadows and here are the results:
- Lady Edwina of Essex County, New Jersey predicted an early spring.
- Punxsutawney Phil from Pennsylvania predicted an early spring.
- Staten Island Chuck from New York predicted an early spring.
- Holtsville Hal from Long Island, New York predicted an early spring.
- Malverne Mel from Long Island, New York predicted an early spring.