A truck equipped with a plow fills up with fuel at 6:30 this morning as the first snowflakes begin to cover roads along Route 309 in Hometown. The season’s first significant snowfall is expected to dump up to 5 inches of white stuff in the region before exiting by evening. The storm prediction was enough to delay and cancel schools and sporting events for Tuesday. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS