Tuesday, February 12, 2013
State Rep. Ed Coppinger definitely had some fun during the blizzard. How'd you pass the time?
How did you pass the time inside during the blizzard? West Roxbury's State Rep. Ed Coppinger grew some facial hair. Or was working on his cartoon-like disguises. Coppinger tweeted the attached picture, with the comment: "Letting myself go this blizzard". What kind of fun did you have during the blizzard? Post your pics to this article or leave your comments below.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Saturday, February 9
The blizzard is underway! The blizzard of 2013 is expected to dump one to two feet of snow on the region. Show us what it looks like on your street. Please take your camera or cellphone, stick it out a window or doorway and take a photo or a video. Then upload it to this article. You can sign in with your Patch or your Facebook account. It's easy, just click the "upload" button above and follow the directions. Be sure to include a caption for your photo that lets others know where the photo was taken. The more specific you are the better, but simply mentioning the street is fine too. Let's have some fun with this and see what we can create together. Stay warm.
Roads are closed, tolls are closed, and what else you need to know.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Check out Boston's 'SnowOps Viewer' for real time location of all active city and contractor plows.
Want to know whether the plows are coming down your street soon? Then check out the city's "SnowOps Viewer" for real time location of all active city and contractor plows. Click on this link to see where plows are in Boston. The site also lists how many saltloads have been used, how many plows are currently on the roads, how many hours plows have logged, as well as plowing/salting requests throughout Boston. Call the Mayor's 24-hour hotline at 617-635-4500 to report power outages, downed trees and other storm-related issues.
The Boston Ward 20 Democratic Caucus will be rescheduled due to the snowstorm.
The Boston Ward 20 Democratic Caucus to be held on Saturday morning has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. The caucus is being held to elect delegates from Boston Ward 20 to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention on June 1 in Lowell. The caucus is open to all registered Democrats residing in Ward 20. The caucus was to be held at District E-5's Community Room.
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Are you saving your parking spot? What are you using? Attach a photo to this article.
Editor's note: I no longer have to save a spot where I live, but one lousy winter I saved my parking spot with some old golf clubs. The snow hadn't even started falling and at least one Schirmer Road resident on West Roxbury had already saved their parking spot. Oop1961 tweeted this photo at West Roxbury Patch and said: "@WestRoxPatch looks like my neighbors are ready" You may save your parking spot for 48 hours after a storm, according to Boston parking regulations. Are you saving your parking spot with an item? Take a photo and add it to this article.
Check here for updates from Patch, public safety personnel and residents as Massachusetts rides out the Blizzard of 2013.
New England may be in shutdown mode as a giant blizzard barrels through the area, but the conversation is alive and well on Twitter and the rest of the Web. Follow our live chat from Friday morning through the duration of the storm for updates in your neighborhood and around the rest of the state. Patch editors will provide continuous updates, and Twitter feeds from public officials, safety personnel and residents will let you know what's happening outside your window. If you'd like to ask a question during the chat, simply add it in the comment section above. We can't get to every question but will try our best to provide as much information as we can.
Neil
11:16 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Ed, Can we count on you to support the Guv's budget? I hope so. It's not a big bite but it adds up to big investment in education and transportation. Under the plan, a median income family of 4 ($60,000/year) would pay + $91/year more based on the 1% increase in income tax and 1.75% decrease in sales tax. The expanded deduction and reduction in sales tax would make our tax system more progressive… more ›