Mike Bogardus puts chains on his plow truck at the town garage in Royalton, Vt., around mid-day on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in preparation to clean up a daytime snowfall that closed schools in the White River Valley Supervisory Union. “You don’t want to be trying to fight the storm all day,” said Adam Smith, lead laborer on the road crew. “You have to wait a little bit and see what it’s going to do." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Valley News — James M. Patterson