Marblehead February Snow Emergency Parking Ban Declared

MARBLEHEAD, MA —A late February snowstorm forecast to dump up to 12 inches of snow to the North Shore will bring a snow emergency parking ban and extend the delay in Marblehead trash and recycling pickup into next week.

The parking ban is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. and extend until 7 a.m. on Friday.

Any vehicle, boat or trailer that is not off the public way during the snow emergency will be subject to being ticketed and towed.

All vehicles towed will be brought to the town tow lot at the transfer station at 5 Woodfin Terrace. Residents who believe their cars may have been towed can call 781-631-1212 to confirm.

The trash and recycling delay, which was already in effect this week because of the Monday holiday, will now run through next Friday.

Residents who typically have their trash picked up on Thursday will now be picked up Saturday and those who have their trash picked up on Friday will have it collected on Monday.

There will be no trash and recycling pickup on Sunday. Trash will then be picked up on a one-day delay starting Tuesday through Friday.

Residents are reminded that depositing of snow and ice, on or against a fire hydrant, or on any sidewalk or roadway is prohibited.

A winter storm warning was issued everywhere but the South Shore and Cape Cod, which are under a winter storm watch, from 12 a.m. Friday to 12 a.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service says snow will start falling before dawn on Friday, gathering 1-2 inches per hour during the morning commute.

The latest forecasts from Thursday morning call for 8-12 inches of snow north of the Mass Pike, while precipitation will change to the wintry mix south of the highway.

While the snow will surely be a shock coming less than 48 hours after record-high temperatures soared to nearly 70 degrees on the North Shore, school vacation week will temper some of the upheavals that go along with a significant winter storm.

Check back with Patch for updates throughout the vacation snow.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)