It’s Groundhog Day: How Many More Days of Winter in Waltham?
Will there be six more weeks of winter or an early spring?
UPDATED, 6:49 p.m.: Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. Here comes Spring. ----- Will that pesky groundhog see his shadow today and force six more weeks of winter on Waltham? Today, Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from at 7:20 a.m. and announce whether saw his shadow, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club website. Stay tuned to Waltham Patch for updates on Phil! FUN GROUNDHOG DAY HISTORY How did such an unassuming creature, whose yearly prediction is accurate only 39 percent of the time, become the center of such an enduring tradition? As it turns out, Phil and his counterparts have been predicting the weather for quite some time—since 1887, according to an article in the Huffington Post. And though the tradition…
