winter

If your house is anything like mine, snow not only marks a change in season, but a shift of harmony within the home too. Not only with my parents, but the kids as well. The kids want to be warm and cozy, but the parents don't want to turn the heat on too early and waste money...

Last winter was rather frosty along the South Coast, and this past summer was on the mild side. So what will winter be like this year? That seems to be the big question on everyone's mind as we inch closer to the winter season.

According to Acushnet Alternative Heating's owner Luke Niemec, if you own a pellet stove, you may want to stock up due to an expected shortage of pellets again this winter. Last winter season was long, snowy and super cold, calling for increased demand and shortages throughout the region...

For the last month and a half, Foley farmer Greg Novak has been busy building a 50-foot tall snowman.

Some of these would better be classified as "craters." The winter of 2014 has left it's mark with potholes everywhere. I'm sure you see your share on your drive to work. Rte 195 is loaded with them but I've also seen them on Rte 6...

It looks like we will have six more weeks of winter, according to Punxatawney Phil---or at least his handlers. The annual event in Pennsylvannia was held this morning at Gobler's Knob. Legend has it that if Phil sees his shadow on February 2-nd, there's another month-and-a-half of winter...

They say the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, which makes this video all the more ridiculous.

Sunday, September 22 at 4:44 pm the fall equinox welcomes in later dawns, earlier sunsets and cooler mornings. A chill is in the air, and all around us, trees and plants are ending this year's cycle of growth.

As you know, the ground hog was wrong. Back on Feb. 2nd, Punxatawney Phil predicted that spring was just around the corner, but he has since proven to be incorrect. Now, a prosecutor in Ohio is indicting the rodent. Mike Gmoser of Butler County filed an official-looking document this week alleging that Phil acted "with prior calculation and design" to cause people to believe that spring

Despite spring showing up this week - or not showing up - we got a bit of snow on the Southcoast and around the rest of Massachusetts.