STORM CENTER: Major Winter Storm Shuts Down Norton

Wednesday 8:30 a.m.:

• The Norton rail trail public meeting originally scheduled for last night will be rescheduled for a time in February.
  

6:25 p.m.:

• Norton Public Schools will be closed Wednesday.
  

4:30 p.m.:

• Meetings at Norton Town Offices have been cancelled tonight including: the Bristol County Emergency Preparedness Committee, the Housing Authority, the Water Sewer Commission and the Planning Board.
  

• A water main broke in Norton today. Check to see if your neighborhood was affected.
  

2:15 p.m.:
Norton High School basketball games have been rescheduled to the following times:

• Boys:   JV @ 3:30pm  Varsity @ 5:00pm at Home.
• Girls:  JV @ 3:30pm Varsity @ 5:00 at Medfield High School. Girls bus is leaving at 2:15.
• Freshman basketball game has been postponed.

10:15 a.m.:

• The Wheaton College double dual meet against WPI and UMass Dartmouth has been postponed due to inclement weather. No make up date has been determined at this time.
• Exactly how much snow is Norton getting? Click here.
  

Tuesday 9 a.m.:

A winter storm warning has been issued in the Norton area by the National Weather Service. The Service issued a winter storm warning Monday afternoon for a 24-hour period from 1 p.m. Tuesday through 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The warning was issued at 3:58 p.m. on Monday.

Be sure to check back here as we update you throughout the storm.

Norton Emergency Contacts

• In case of an emergency, dial 911
  
• Norton Police Department - 508-285-3300
• Norton Fire Department - 508-285-0250 
• Norton Emergency Operations Center - 508-285-3300
• National Grid power outages: 800-465-1212
• Columbia Gas: 1-800-688-6160
• Comcast: 1-800-COMCAST (1-800-266-2278)
• Verizon: 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966)

Be sure to follow Norton Patch on Twitter and Facebook throughout the storm as we'll have ongoing updates there as well.