Jan. 12: Snow, Snow, Snow, and Some Salt

Snow day. Woo hoo.

Schools are closed

Old news? Well, what you might not yet know is that the Advanced Placement informational program is canceled for tonight, but has been rescheduled for Jan. 18.

Shoveling burns a lot of calories

A 165-pound person burns 225 calories while shoveling for half an hour. How many are you getting rid of? Check here

 Metro-North and Bee Line schedule updates

The Metro-North New Haven line has been suspended and the Bee Line Bus service will start running at 10 a.m. with the exception of the following routes: 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 21, 27, 32, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 53, 54, 62, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71, 77, BxM4C, All Shuttles.

 Death Hill is ready for you and your sled

Named for the spiky rocks that line the slope at Wolfs Lane Park (at least that’s what some Pelham kids told us) “Death Hill”, is where you’ll get your adrenalin-pumping on your sled today. And, now that the rock in the middle of the hill is completely covered with snow, you can watch the local snowboarders do jumps and other crazy tricks off of it.

The Village of Pelham’s DPW goes through 750 tons of salt per year

Nope, not much else to say about that piece of snow trivia.