Although there’s still a lot of cleanup to be done, Dublin Fire Chief Tom Vanderbilt said the town was coming down the homestretch in dealing with last week’s snowstorm, as power had been fully restored and all roads were open as of 10:30 a.m. on Monday.

“It’s always a challenge with heavy snow,” he said, noting that the storm’s wet snow brought down several trees in town, including two on the Marlborough/Dublin line. In addition, a vehicle collided with a guardrail on Route 101. 

Speaking about the severity of the snowstorm so late in the season, Vanderbilt said, “We’ve seen it before and we’ll probably see it again – but hopefully not this year.”

The storm began Wednesday night, and knocked down trees, blocked roads, caused schools and businesses to close and left thousands of Monadnock region residents without power, including 773 outages in Antrim and 968 in Wilton by Thursday afternoon. Eversource New Hampshire President of Electric Operations Doug Foley stated Thursday that the “heavy, wet cement-like snow” was sticking to trees that had already been weakened by a storm the previous week.

However, by noon Monday, nearly all power had been restored to the region, as Eversource listed only fewer than two outages in Jaffrey and Lyndeborough.

In Wilton, Dale Street was closed due to a downed power line, which Eversource responded to, and the road was reopened as of 9:25 a.m. Thursday. There was also a tree down near the TD Bank on the Wilton/Milford line. Wilton Fire Chief Don Nourse said the town seemed to be getting back to normal as the warm weather returns, and was not surprised at the lateness and severity of the storm.

“I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve seen this before,” he said.

Mason Fire Chief Anthony Burns said the town had fully recovered from the storm, and echoed Vanderbilt’s statements about the timing.

“It’s New England, we know we can have snow at any time,” he said.

Temple Fire Chief George Clark said his town did not have any lingering effects from the storm as of Monday morning.

“It’s pretty standard for New England; an April storm is to be expected,” he said. “The Highway Department handled it pretty well.”

Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale said that as of Sunday at 6 p.m., Antrim did not have any blocked roads, just a few private roads that needed taking care of.

"At the peak of the  storm, we had had 800 outages, which is 50% of the town. Sunday was an 'all hands on deck day' for Eversource, with goal of 100% restoration of power in Antrim by 6 p.m. which they accomplished, he said. “We only had one call for trees and wires in the Fire Department, and that was just a small limb which burned itself off. We had some extended outages in a few areas of town, had a few lines in the woodlands which were harder to access, and Eversource had to bring in some specialized to access those lines."

Gale noted that compared to the ice storm the previous week,  this response went better at least as far as Antrim was concerned. 

Other storm damage included a downed tree on Glass Factory Road in Lyndeborough, as well as a tree coming down onto wires on Lobaki Drive in Peterborough. Route 123 on the Peterborough/Sharon line was also closed due to a large tree and wires down on the roadway.

New Ipswich Police Chief Michael Abel reported no major damage or events related to the storm, other than causing “tough travels” on the roadways, making traffic “slow to go” and limited power outages. The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, which serves New Ipswich, Mason, Greenville and Temple, normally has scheduled hours on Thursday,  but canceled them last week.

Ben’s Sugar Shack closed at 1 p.m. Thursday, and in its Facebook announcement, encouraged people to “stay safe and enjoy probably the last snow day in 2024.”

Cameron Cashman, Ashley Saari, Jesseca Timmons and Bill Fonda contributed to this story.