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Blizzard Of 2013

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

[VIDEO] Overnight, DPW Clears Snow From Main St.

Starting at around 10 p.m. Tuesday, the crew shoveled, plowed, and vacuumed up snow from both the street and the sidewalks.

Snow is so pretty as if falls. But the reality of all that heavy snow from last weekend's blizzard was anything but pretty on Main Street by Monday. Drivers struggled to find places to park, pedestrians had to navigate through or over giant snow mounds, and store owners lost business. The EG Department of Public Works made it all – most of it anyway – go away in a significant operation Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. That Main Street snow? It's now piled up in the parking lot above the town boat launch on Crompton Avenue.   "We understand the importance of Main Street," said DPW director Joe Duarte. "I wish we could have done it Monday."  The rain Monday interfered with those plans, as crews did yet more snow plowing and had to …

iris gesualdi

7:25 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

What a pleasure...it is always such a welcome site when I come to work and find it gone.I say kudos to you and the time it took you to do it. Iris   more ›

Monday, February 11, 2013

Power Back, School To Resume Tuesday

The Blizzard of 2013 closed schools Friday and Monday.

The mini-mid-winter break is over. The good news (for some, anyway!) is the real winter break is just four days away. The Blizzard of 2013 prompted school officials in East Greenwich and across the region to cancel school last Friday, in anticipation of the storm's arrival. Classes in East Greenwich were cancelled Monday because two schools remained without power Sunday afternoon and because roads needed additional clearing to make room for buses, cars and pedestrians. Both of those issues have been resolved, so school is back in session Tuesday. Better get to that homework, everyone! To read more about the Blizzard of 2013, check out these stories: Sunday Blizzard Blog: Power Picture Improves, Still No Word On School Saturday Blizzard …

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