For Bob Brandt, Groundhog Day is his Super Bowl.
“Oh, I think it’s a goose bump weekend,” Brandt said.
For over 30 years, this town has come together each Groundhog Day to see if there are warmer days ahead or more dreaded winter.
The town’s groundhog is known as Unadilla Billie. Lucky for us, she did not see her shadow meaning an early spring.
“Well, no one likes six more weeks of winter. So, yeah, pretty good.”
An early spring – or even six more weeks of winter — means celebration in Unadilla.
Mal’s Bar & Grill opened two years ago on Groundhog Day. Unadilla Billie also resides there. Malanie Wallen said working at Mal’s is a great opportunity.
“It’s just a great community to have a small town bar, it really is,” Malanie Wallen said. “We not only have the town of Unadilla, but we have the surrounding towns that love to come in. We love to serve them.”
For sisters Bev Anderson and Linda Liefemeyer, it’s a chance to turn the Nitty Gritty Gas Station into groundhog heaven.
Linda is hard at work making desserts in a you guessed it, a groundhog shape. But it’s about more than baking.