To cap Groundhog Day, Woodstock Willie officiates wedding

After predicting an early spring, Woodstock Willie spent part of his Groundhog Day afternoon officiating a wedding on the Old Courthouse stairs overlooking the Woodstock Square, where the weather prognostication occurred Friday morning.

The Woodstock Willie mascot oversaw the wedding ceremony with a little help from City Council member and Groundhog Days Committee member Melissa McMahon, who said she got ordained online.

McMahon said the goal was to “make it as groundhog-themed as possible.”

In honor of the day, the brief ceremony was filled with “Groundhog Day” references. During the vows, the happy couple, Kelly and Michael Sacco, said “I do” to the question, “Do you want to live this day over and over and over again?”

Attendees also “drank to world peace” during the ceremony, steps from the Public House patio.

“It was amazing,” Kelly Sacco, formerly Kempf, said of a Groundhog Day wedding.

The Saccos own the Records Department record store inside the Old Courthouse, which is one of two businesses participating in the city’s business incubator program. The store also overlooks the Square.

Michael Sacco said his dog, Grim, has a Feb. 2 birthday, and the couple picked the wedding to keep the theme going.

“We kind of manifested it,” Michael Sacco said.

Both Kelly and Michael Sacco thanked McMahon.

“Melissa’s been incredible,” Kelly Sacco said.