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

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday ahead of a nor'easter in the region, officials announced.

The city will follow suit, closing all municipal buildings, delaying trash collection and issuing a parking ban beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Within the school district, all before and after school programs on Tuesday are canceled and district offices are closed.

Municipal buildings closed include the Memorial Building, Callahan center and Framingham public libraries. Officials said the decision was made today due to the timing of the storm, which is projected to hit the area during the morning commute.

The snow emergency parking ban will start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and will be lifted at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, officials said.

As for local trash collection, the Department of Public Works has issued a one-day delay, meaning Tuesday trash will be collected on Wednesday, Wednesday trash on Thursday through the end of the collection schedule.

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