Spring Equinox News

"Greek Easter" will be celebrated Sunday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christian Holy Week began on Sunday and ends with Easter.

We just celebrated the spring equinox -- an astronomic if not an actual sign that the season has arrived.

The vernal equinox may have been last month, but we all know it doesn't mean much in practical terms until flowers emerge from their subterranean slumber and there's that one really warm day when tank tops come out and convertible tops come down - and then, just like that, the seasons change.

Although March 20 marked the arrival of the spring equinox, Madison is still shivering in cold temperatures.

A brazen invasive species has usurped the violet flower's role in forecasting the coming vernal equinox.