Tag: winter
March 26, 2015

At Long Last: Emerging from Winter’s Grip

A couple of days of 50 degree weather, and the glacier across New England is finally starting to recede. Out pops fire hydrants, mail boxes, beer cans, dog turds, withered perennials and other vestiges of last fall. With any luck, this warm spell will continue to work its magic, and soon the Connecticut River will thaw as well.…

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March 6, 2015

Enough, Already! Ending the Nordic Season with a Bang

Sometimes… a picture just comes together nicely, even when you’re on the verge of frostbite. Ford Sayre Nordic’s ski program had it’s last day of practice at Oak Hill in Hanover, NH this week, and the kids got a chance to show off their style and have some fun to wrap up an incredible season. (full set of…

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January 29, 2015

Dartmouth LaCROSSE women Are Hardcore

It never got much above 15F (-9C) in Hanover, New Hampshire today, and it was significantly colder with the windchill taken into account. End of January, depth of winter. All the same, the Dartmouth College Women’s Lacrosse team — led by freshly appointed Captain, #17, Frances Bird — were out on the Chase Astroturf Field…

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November 21, 2013

Heading Towards Winter… or Walmart

February 19, 2013

That Middle-of-winter Blah Feeling

Crisp, clear President’s Day in Vermont. Mother Nature is *so* toying with us, not at all clear what winter is up to… “should I stay or should I go now?”

June 7, 2012

Some Called it "The Beast"

Covering the entire Midwest and Northeast, the early February storm had the weather channel prophets airing doomsday predictions with headlines like ­“Colossal Winter Storm Takes Aim.” In fairness, schools in D.C. did shut down for almost a week. But for Andy Hodgdon and his intrepid Norwich highway crew, it simply meant more business as usual.…

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