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2021 Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack Now Available!

(Mercersburg, PA. August 31 2020) – The Gruber Almanack, LLC proudly announces that its 2021 edition of J. Gruber’s Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack is now on sale!  This popular regional favorite, famous for its 225 years of continuous publication and impressive track record predicting the coming year’s weather, will be available for purchase at grocery, pharmacy, hardware, book and other popular retail stores beginning the week of September 7, 2020.  For a complete list of retailers and their locations, go to www.almanack.com/where-to-buy.   But why wait?   Go to www.almanack.com/order,  order your copy today, and when it is available, it will be delivered right to your front door! 

This year, The Almanack is proud to introduce its new weather prognosticator, Mr. Chad Merrill, replacing Mr. Bill O’Toole, who served in that position for 52 years! Merrill come to us with impressive credentials and has already  helped The Almanack by contributing several weather features for this year’s edition and by extending our reach through  social media and a new Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack Channel on YouTube where he posts frequent weather update podcasts to go along the forecasts that were made over 16 months ago!  For his full biography, go to www.almanack.com/chad-merrill.   Mr. O’Toole plans to serve The Almanack as Weather Prognosticator Emeritus, and will continue to contribute his unique skills to its evolution for many years to come!   

The Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack is an annual publication that has served generations in the Mid-Atlantic Region as the primary source for regional weather predictions and astronomical data.  Its highly-accurate weather forecasts (made 16 months in advance) were first calculated using centuries-old methods and now, using sophisticated, highly customized computer software, its annual predictions are even more accurate.   Still, The Almanack has maintained its original charm and appeal, providing useful hints and tips for farming and everyday living, articles of interest, and all sorts of traditional and timeless wisdom.  It’s been called "uniquely Hagerstown" but is well known throughout the world.  Millions of copies have been sold and it has been said that The Almanack has made Hagerstown widely-known throughout the U.S. and that it has given Maryland an ‘epicenter’ of farming and agricultural life.

The Almanack has quite a long history. First published in 1797, it is the second oldest almanac in the United States and THE OLDEST almanac still published by heirs of its founder, John Gruber.  It is the 47^th oldest company in the United States today and is one of the most talked about almanacs around the nation.  News organizations such as The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and NBC-TV have described the Hagerstown Almanack’s forecasts to be more accurate than most other weather almanacs.

For more information about The Almanack, see www.almanack.com, or you can contact the company directly at:

For all sales inquiries, distribution, and other business-related questions, please contact Jerry Spessard at (301) 491-4002 or by email at info@almanack.com.

For all weather related inquires and astronomical questions, please contact Chad Merrill at (240) 285-8476 or by email at cmweathe24r@ gmail.com. 

For questions or comments concerning editorial content and Our Readers Write contributions, please contact Charles W. Fisher, Jr. at (908) 930-8413 or by email at cwfisherjr@comcast.net.