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First snow of the season

Image No. 1 | Hope Dowling, 7, left, and Eoin Tricarico, 10, wait their turn on the hill taking full advantage of their snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Hope Dowling, 7, left, and Eoin Tricarico, 10, wait their turn on the hill taking full advantage of their snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Image No. 2 | Abby Acosta, left, 9, and her eight-year-old sister Jayla Acosta, both of New London, slide down a hill in the first snowfall of the season at the Thames River Apartments in New London Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Abby Acosta, left, 9, and her eight-year-old sister Jayla Acosta, both of New London, slide down a hill in the first snowfall of the season at the Thames River Apartments in New London Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Image No. 3 | Mike Dugan and his son Connor, 5, of Niantic take full advantage of Connor's snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Mike Dugan and his son Connor, 5, of Niantic take full advantage of Connor's snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Image No. 4 | Mike Dugan and his son Connor, 5, of Niantic land in a heap of laughter after skidding to a halt at the bottom of the hill as they take full advantage of Connor's snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Mike Dugan and his son Connor, 5, of Niantic land in a heap of laughter after skidding to a halt at the bottom of the hill as they take full advantage of Connor's snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Image No. 5 | Mike Dugan and his son Connor, 5, of Niantic land in a heap of laughter after skidding to a halt at the bottom of the hill as they take full advantage of Connor's snow day from school with some of the first sledding of the winter at McCook Point Park in Niantic Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.

Image No. 6 | Solana Parra-Polimeni, 12 chases her younger brother Santino, 10, through the snow along on Chapel Drive in New London Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, as area schools are canceled or being dismissed early due to a moderate snow storm that will be moving through the area today.

Solana Parra-Polimeni, 12 chases her younger brother Santino, 10, through the snow along on Chapel Drive in New London Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, as area schools are canceled or being dismissed early due to a moderate snow storm that will be moving through the area today.

Image No. 7 | Connecticut College students make their way between buildings in the snow Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, before Tuesday's storm closed the college for the day.

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Connecticut College students make their way between buildings in the snow Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, before Tuesday's storm closed the college for the day.

The first accumulating snowfall of the season closed most schools in the region Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, and wreaked havoc on the roadways.