Schools hope to re-open tomorrow; emergency parking ban still in effect.
Medford Patch will keep you updated with the latest information on what's happening as the city continues to clean up from one of the biggest blizzards in recent memory. Medford Public Schools are closed once again Tuesday. In a statement released Monday afternoon, officials are hopeful enough snow-clearing work can be done Tuesday to allow schools to open again Wednesday. "The DPW is cleaning bus stops (Monday) and will continue to do so (Tuesday)," according to a statement from the city. "In addition, they will continue to knock down high mounds of snow for the safety of children walking to school and for those who wait for the bus to get into work." Starting at 4 p.m. Monday, crews began work to clear snow off the roofs of school …
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Some details on the aftermath of the biggest snowstorm in years.
The snow has stopped, but the work of cleaning up from one of the biggest snowstorms in local history is just getting ramped up. Between Friday and Saturday, Medford saw upwards of two feet of snow. All across the city, people have begun the process of digging out. On Saturday, the city made a reverse 911 call with a message from Medford Mayor Michael J. McGlynn, which said that 108 plows, both city and private contractors, have been working to clear city streets. We heard from a lot of people on Facebook Saturday who were still waiting for their street to be plowed even as the evening approached. Calling the Medford DPW seemed to do the trick for some. There were only two power outages in Medford reported by National Grid as of 8 a.m. …
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Nick
10:10 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
If Medford "fared very well", why is it Tuesday and Arlington, Winchester, and Woburn have school yet our children do not? Maybe if the city would hire professionals to remove the snow there wouldn't be such an alarming number of streets that are still impassable. But no, the DPW workers continue to call there closest friends every time there is a snow storm, because they treat it as an … more ›