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HELEN WARREN of Topsham and Frank Connors of Brunswick have a standing “date” each Groundhog Day. The pair check their shadows alongside the flagpole at The Highlands in Topsham every Feb. 2. “Sorry folks, even with the Red Sox charm, there was no shadow,” which signals an early spring, Connors wrote in an email to The Times Record. Rumors that Connors agreed to the yearly ritual because he scared away all of the Midcoast region’s groundhogs could not be confirmed by press time.
HELEN WARREN of Topsham and Frank Connors of Brunswick have a standing “date” each Groundhog Day. The pair check their shadows alongside the flagpole at The Highlands in Topsham every Feb. 2. “Sorry folks, even with the Red Sox charm, there was no shadow,” which signals an early spring, Connors wrote in an email to The Times Record. Rumors that Connors agreed to the yearly ritual because he scared away all of the Midcoast region’s groundhogs could not be confirmed by press time.

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