Newton Cancels School For Wednesday, March 14

NEWTON, MA — No school for Newton public school students for a second day in a row. Newton called a snow day just after Boston and Sommerville and Waltham called one.

As of 11 a.m. 262 Eversource customers were without power in the Garden City, which, when compared to the Cape and Islands doesn't look so bad.

The city's snow emergency parking ban will end at 7 a.m., according to Newton Police.

The National Weather Service issued a Blizzard Warning for most of eastern Massachusetts, including Newton until 8 p.m. (To review, for it to be a real blizzard the visibility has to be below a quarter of a mile with wind gusts of at least 35 mph for three hours). Look for between 13 inches to 21 inches of the white stuff around the city!

(How much do you have in your neck of the woods so far? Email us the snow totals you're seeing so far: [email protected], don't forget to include what time and where you took your measurments!)

The governor, state and local officials are warning folks not to drive today if you don't have to as the roads are slick and visibility is low. And that's true in Newton, too.

The snow is wet and started to stick in earnest a bit later than expected at around 8 a.m., by 9 a.m. it was really accumulating. Drive slow. The T is running reduced schedules, the commuter rail is runing extremely reduced schedules. Logan flights are cancelled. Most schools are cancelled, including Newton.

It's la good day for a hot chocolate and a book. Lost power? Call Eversource at 1-800-592-2000. Tomorrow might be a good sledding day, kids.

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