Residents and visitors will once again gather in Unadilla for the village’s 38th annual Groundhog Day celebration, with festivities beginning Monday, Feb. 2, and continuing through Saturday, Feb. 7.
Groundhog Central Committee Chairman Bob Brandt tells KLIN News that Unadilla Billie will make his 5th annual weather prediction at sunrise, approximately 7:34 a.m. on Feb. 2 inside the Duncan Building downtown. Doors open at 7 a.m., with the prediction scheduled for shortly after sunrise, determining an early spring or six more weeks of winter, followed by a potluck breakfast.
In 2024, Brandt told KLIN News how this decades long tradition began…