CONNECTICUT GROUNDHOG MAKES PREDICTION FRIDAY 2/2/18

Mayor Leo V. Diana; “Connecticut Chuckles” and Rachel Radyka (2014)

The Lutz Children’s Museum is proud to be the home of the official Connecticut state groundhog. Hundreds of dedicated fans gather at the museum each year on Groundhog Day to hear his prediction.

The museum will open to the public at 6:00 AM on Groundhog Day. Coffee and breakfast foods will be served while we await his arrival at about 6:45 AM. Admission is free from 6:00 – 9:00 AM. The museum will remain open to the public until 5:00 PM so that everyone will have the opportunity to visit the celebrity groundhog.

“Connecticut Chuckles IX” is approximately six years old. He was injured in an altercation with a larger animal and lost an eye.   He was nursed back to health by the Meigs Point Nature Center in Madison but deemed to be unreleasable.  It was then that he moved to Manchester to begin a new career in meteorology.