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riental residents woke up to the years’ first snow fall exactly two weeks ago. Here we are again, waking up to another winter wonderland.

Prior to 2018, the last snow in the village was in February 2015. Intrepid TownDock staff ventured out this morning, capturing the fleeting scenes of a snow covered Oriental.

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Thursday morning on Mildred Street, looking toward the Neuse, three blocks away.

Snow tops a glass globe in the Wagoner garden.

At the Lupton Park playground, snow on the slide was already melting and piling up on the ground.

In a town with no hills, a sledder has to improvise. A golf cart towed one sledder on the streets of Oriental Thursday morning.

Hibernation gone awry? A snow-enveloped bear in the Blue Bottle Gardens.

Clara rolls in the snow. (It was a slow day for lemonade sales.)

A snow-covered cruising boat berthed at Oriental’s Town Dock.

The pier off of Lou-Mac Park.

A new look for the rip rap at the Lou Mac Park waterfront.

Adirondack chairs at Lou Mac Park.

Shadows in the park.

Posted Thursday January 18, 2018 by Allison DeWeese