MOUNT VERNON --On a frigid, blustery March day, Charlie Griffith, clad in insulated Carhartts, led visitors through a snowstorm to the top of Rich Hill ... the actual hill, not the village that bears the same name. Griffith and his wife, Anne, own the hill, and the farm below it.

MOUNT VERNON -- Even though 18 inches of snow fell in Centerburg on Friday night and Saturday, the utility department were up to the task of snow removal.

MOUNT VERNON -- Winter weather this year has caused major headaches for both parents and school administrators alike. School calendars routinely include five scheduled calamity makeup days, but additional two-hour school delays and outright school closings have some districts scrambling to make sure students meet the state minimum attendance requirements.