Locals: No more snow!

LYNN – The only bad part of winter for Shoemaker student Jenalysia Lopez is that she isn’t allowed to throw snowballs as much as she would like.Her mother, Elissa, sets the rules on snowball making and says the real reason snowballs aren’t allowed is because she does not like to get cold, but the pair have had plenty of fun passing the last month and a half worth of snowy or cold days drawing and assembling scrapbooks.”We both like to do it,” Lopez said.Since the first significant snowfall on Dec. 18 and the blasts of winter that followed, the cold weather has treated area residents to snow, freezing rain, icy sidewalks and plenty of shoveling. Former South Carolina resident Beverley Nickolson has had enough of it.”My employer gives me a phone and laptop. I really wish I was working at home today,” the downtown resident said as she cleared snow off her car Monday morning.Harrison Swyter rents videos and even engages in that old winter standby – puzzle making – to while away the inclement days. Although he has taken steps to endure it, Swyter has a warm spot in his heart for snow.”I like it when it’s falling.”North Shore residents will get a little break from the grueling winter Tuesday when temperatures are expected to soar to 35 and allow for some melting.The warming trend will be short lived, however, as temps are expected to hover near zero Thursday and Friday as an arctic blast pushes into the region from Canada.To view video related to this story, visit www.itemlive.com.