It turned cold right after Christmas, rained hard last Saturday and then turned to wet snow that promptly froze like a rock. Then it warmed up a bit to assist us in removing the large amount of ice from around our houses and driveways. It is expected to turn colder this weekend. Dick Knabel was about to host a cocktail party last Saturday but needed to buy a bag of ice, so he hurried to the nearest ice machine. He was heard to remark that there sure was enough of it around his house but it was not in cubes. The clerk at the store had to first break the ice, as a result of recent storm, before opening the machine to hand him his bag of ice.

JOHN S. ALLEY

508-693-2950

Well, the weather record is now complete for November and for the first time in over a year it was a colder-than-average month. The month seemed to fly by and we are approaching our shortest day of the year. December was off to a warm start with T-shirts the preferred clothing on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

We had a mild weekend for this time of year. T-shirts and shorts were seen about town over the long weekend, and the temperature reached 68 degrees this past Monday. We had our share of wind and rain last Thursday, and all boats were cancelled. We felt more of an impact from the northeaster than Hurricane Sandy.