Article: Retiring to Stowe.(Tom Hubbs)(Interview)

"Plan your life, and live your plan," intones Tom Hubbs, in a disarmingly familiar voice. As the official snow reporter for Stowe Mountain Resort, the sprightly 57-year-old is the guy locals hear when they call the snow phone as the coffee's perking to check if the "six-inch rule" is in effect and to learn whether another day of wages will be lost to the mountain.

"Yeah, I get paid, there's a limit to what I'll do that early in the morning for free," Hubbs says of the "job" he's embraced during his recent retirement. A 12-minute commute, albeit at 5:45 a.m., is a tidy improvement over traffic jams and a management job with the General Accounting Office in ...

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