CHELSEA, MASS. (WHDH) - CHELSEA, Mass. (WHDH) – Saturday is the first snow of the season for Massachusetts and residents spent Friday heading to hardware stores and supermarkets to stock up.
Road crews are also preparing to combat the winter blast expected Saturday, loading up trucks with thousands of pounds of salt. The Department of Transportation (MassDOT) said they have activated winter storm prep and plows and trucks are in place to treat the roads ahead of the snow.
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At hardware stores, employees are pulling snow shovels and jugs of ice melt out from the back and moving the stock to the front of the store. The store manager at Ace Hardware in Charlestown said it was pretty busy Friday but he is expecting even more people Saturday morning, just before the snow starts to fall.
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Milton Fire Chief Jack Grant reminded residents to clear snow away from fire hydrants so firefighters can get to them in an emergency.
.@MassDOT #MAsnow crews are prepared, will pretreat state roads in advance of Saturday snow: https://t.co/noHa13dpT1 pic.twitter.com/biZPCU1SAL
— Mass. Transportation (@MassDOT) December 8, 2017
For a check on Saturday’s forecast, click here.
Some out preparing tonight for the first snow of the season. We have team coverage 7p @7News #7News pic.twitter.com/ap20wy0ApM
— Nathalie Pozo (@WPBF_Nathalie) December 8, 2017
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