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Senior reporter John Flowers makes a weekly Tuesday radio appearance on Morning News Service, a program on Waterbury-based WDEV, 96.1 FM. He wraps up recent Addison County news for listeners across Vermont.

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It felt extremely cold outside last night.

There was a light but cutting wind, the temperature was around 35 degrees, and it was raining.  Persistent drizzle mixed in with occasional spitting rain. The raindrops cut like ice when they hit my face, but they were entirely liquid.  I couldn’t help but wish it would cool a few degrees, so the rain would turn to snow and it would feel so much warmer.

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Snake Mountain has to be the most popular day-hike in Addison County. It’s an easy walk, the views are unique and expansive, and it’s only a short drive from anywhere else in our part of the Champlain Valley.

As such, I thought I’d never write about it. “Everybody already knows about Snake Mountain,” I thought, “Why clutter the internet with redundant recommendations?”

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On the day before Thanksgiving, I awoke to see about what I expected to see outside - a couple of inches of wet snow.

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Spend enough time in this state, and it's not too hard to find a t-shirt, hoodie or bumper sticker emblazoned with the "Eat More Kale" slogan.

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Adam Herzog in flight

(photo: Trip Kinney)

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This year, the town of Middlebury and a number of other towns in the state mark the 250th anniversary of their chartering in 1761.

In Middlebury, this has meant throwing a series of commemorative events, including a birthday bash along with the Middlebury Spooktacular and a charter signing celebration at the Town Hall Theater on November 4.

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Senior reporter John Flowers makes a weekly Tuesday radio appearance on Morning News Service, a program on Waterbury-based WDEV, 96.1 FM. He wraps up recent Addison County news for listeners across Vermont.

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