This is the third in a series of Globe stories examining New England’s changing winters. WESTON, Mass. — Jonathan Brenner looked out across the bare, winter-worn grounds of the Weston Ski ...

NEW ENGLAND IS HAVING A NICE SNOWY WHITE WINTER. IT’S BEEN A GREAT SKI SEASON. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. NEW ENGLAND IN WINTER. SNOW COVERED PEAKS. SKIING. SLEDDING. POND HOCKEY. WARMING UP BY THE FIRE.

As spring gets fully underway, many lakes in Northern New England are slowly thawing and are on track to ice out within the next couple of weeks, a more typical ice-out timeline than the record ...