Above: WEWS-TV video from the Groundhog Day ceremonies at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, PA, Feb. 2, 2012.

Punxsutawney Phil, the nation's foremost prognosticating groundhog, saw his shadow at Gobbler's Knob this morning. By ancient tradition, this means we're in for six more weeks of winter.

Six more weeks? It feels like it's already April. Temperatures have been downright balmy across the nation throughout most of this winter, upsetting the hibernating schedules of animals, tricking plants into blooming early, and dashing the hopes of skiers and snowmobilers.

Photo: Jacob Heymann Butcher Shop, 345 Sixth Avenue, New York City. Taken in 1938 by WPA photographer Berenice Abbott. Source: Flickr.

Local farmer Shannon Hayes, who raises grass-fed pigs, cows, sheep and chickens at Sap Bush Hollow Farm in West Fulton, has an essay in Yes Magazine this week about why she charges $7.50 a pound for ground beef -- and why that's just fine.

Every week, we meet someone who tells us the prices are too high.

In fact, at those prices, the average net income for our family members has maxed out at $10 per hour. But part of our job is to hold our chins up and accept weekly admonishment for our inability to produce food as cheaply as it can be found in the grocery store.

A photo of a Catskills streambank post-Irene, from the Catskill Watershed Corporation website.

Five months after the Irene and Lee floods, streams all across the Catskills region are still clogged with downed trees, trash, pieces of trailers, and other miscellaneous debris. It's a sad spectacle for anyone driving along the banks of the Schoharie or the Esopus -- and more critically, the debris still scattered in the streams could become dangerous if the area floods again.

Funding for stream cleanup has been slow in coming, especially from state and federal sources that some local towns hoped would help. But in December, the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) stepped in to help, setting aside $2.5 million for debris clearing.

54-year-old Emma Maxwell was arrested last week, on charges of stealing over $100,000 from the Breakabeen/North Blenheim Presbyterian Church, where she was the treasurer. Several news outlets report that Maxwell turned herself in.

The Times-Union reports:

Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of Emma Maxwell, 54, of Fulton on at least one count of second-degree grand larceny.

But details about how the theft occurred and over what period of time were not immediately available. Officials said they planned to hold a press conference on the arrest Monday.

ABC News 10 spoke with a neighbor: