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Thursday, January 27, 2011

One More Storm Out Of The Way

An early-morning halt to the accumulation allowed for effective clean-up of local roads.

A quick look around Johnston after the Jan. 26-27 snowfall found clear roads and potential visibility problems, as it seemed the whole season's accumulation is still clinging to sidewalks and untreated areas. The early-morning halt to the snow helped local crews treat and clear the streets by 11 a.m. Schools in Johnston were closed Jan. 27, and a parking ban issued by the Johnston Police Department remained in place through Thursday at 3 p.m. to assist with the ongoing clean-up effort. Over at the recreation department at Memorial Park, the entrance to the office got a new steward: a snowman sculpted by rec staffers Karen Paquin and Shannon Pero. Paquin said building the snowman was a way to deal with the seemingly endless cycle of snow, a…

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