Sentences with phrase «groundhog day ceremony»
FILE - This Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 file photo shows Groundhog Club Co-handler Ron Ploucha holding the weather predicting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, after the club said Phil did not see his shadow and there will be an early spring during the Groundhog Day ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pa..
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That's the dilemma facing misanthropic TV weatherman Phil Connors (Murray) when he once more visits the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania - «weather capital of the world» - to report on its annual Groundhog Day ceremony.
«Staten Island Chuck will be relieved to hear Mayor de Blasio will not be attending the Groundhog Day ceremony this year,» joked his press secretary Karen Hinton.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, winces as Staten Island Chuck breaks free and drops to the stage during the 2014 Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo.
CITY HALL — The fatal end to one Staten Island Chuck last February after a fumble by Mayor Bill de Blasio prompted both jokes and serious calls for changes to the Groundhog Day ceremony.
With NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio off to stump for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, LG Kathy Hochul is set to replace him for the annual Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo.
At 7 a.m., Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has the honor of officiating at the Groundhog Day Ceremony, Staten Island Zoo, 614 Broadway, Staten Island.
De Blasio will not be attending the annual Groundhog Day ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo this year because he will be in Iowa campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to keep Staten Island front of mind at a meeting with the borough's elected officials and community leaders Sunday morning following his appearance at the Groundhog Day ceremony.