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March Nor'easter: Peabody Snow Parking Ban, No Night School Activities
Vehicles parked on public roads will be subject to ticketing or towing as the rain is expected to turn to heavy wet snow Tuesday morning.
PEABODY, MA — A snow emergency parking ban was declared Tuesday morning effective at noon with wind-driven rain expected to turn to a period of heavy wet snow late in the morning and into the afternoon.
"Please remove all parked cars from public roads to allow snowplows to operate safely and effectively," city officials said Tuesday morning.
All Peabody Public Schools' afternoon and evening activities were canceled for Tuesday. All schools were to be dismissed at their regular times.
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Superintendent Josh Vadala said and Passos will remain open until all students have been picked up.
"We will make a decision about tomorrow's schedule later this evening," Vadala said early Tuesday afternoon.
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Winter storm warnings were extended farther east in Massachusetts as a nor'easter arrived in the state, promising a hefty dose of snow for many areas.
The National Weather Service early Tuesday updated its snow predictions, moving higher snow totals into Essex County and the Boston area.
Meanwhile, new winter storm warnings were set to go into effect at 10 a.m. encompassing all of Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk counties.
The storm was already beginning to take a toll on infrastructure as of sunrise. Some 27,000 residents were without power as of 7:30 a.m., mostly clustered in the Berkshires. On the Mass Pike, 40 mph speed restrictions were in place between Westfield and the New York border.
The MBTA canceled all Charlestown and Hingham-Hull ferry service on Tuesday with very high winds expected along the coast.
Gov. Maura Healey on Monday evening ordered all non-emergency executive branch employees to stay home on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency was planning to open its emergency operations center in Framingham at 8 a.m. Tuesday to monitor conditions.
(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.)
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