CONWAY — Happy spring — and happy spring skiing!
The vernal equinox arrived at 5:01 a.m. Thursday, meaning that by the calendar anyway, we made it through another New Hampshire winter, with local weather observer Ed Bergeron reporting we’ve received 69.8 inches of snow so far compared to the 30-year average of 86 inches.
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