Braintree Closes Schools, Issues Parking Ban Ahead Of Nor'easter

BRAINTREE, MA — The groundhogs may have called for an early spring, but that doesn't mean winter is over.

A nor'easter is heading for Massachusetts, causing cities and towns to make adjustments to daily happenings, including in Braintree.

All public schools in Braintree are canceled for Tuesday, and town officials have delayed all curbside collections for one-day this week, meaning nothing will be collected on Tuesday.

Beginning at 6 a.m. on Tuesday through midnight, the town will also institute a parking ban.

"No street parking will be allowed, and vehicles impeding snow removal will be subject to towing," Braintree police said. "Sunset Lake, Golf Course and Smith Beach lots available as alternatives."

Though many cities and towns have closed buildings and canceled school, the projected snow totals have diminished as the day wore on Monday.

Forecasts now show a nor'easter heading for southern New England has shifted south — and with it, the high snow totals that were initially predicted across a big section of the state.

On Monday afternoon, snow totals were downgraded from 8 to 12 inches along the Mass Pike corridor to as little as 2 inches close to Boston. The National Weather Service also shrunk the areas in the state under a winter storm warning. The warning now encompasses southern Worcester County, plus Suffolk, most of Middlesex, Essex, Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable County.

Here are the new snow total, according to the National Weather Service:

• Boston area — 2 to 4 inches
• Worcester area — 4 to 8 inches
• Framingham area — 4 to 6 inches
• Gloucester area — 2 to 4 inches
• Norwood area — 4 to 8 inches
• Cape Cod — 1 inch, plus rain

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