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Peabody Declares Winter Parking Ban Ahead Of Thursday Snowstorm
The parking ban will go into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday.
PEABODY, MA — Peabody is not playing the waiting game when it comes to this snowstorm.
The city declared a snow parking ban Wednesday morning. The ban is to go into effect at 10 p.m. on Wednesday.
The ban is ahead of what is looking like the first major storm of the winter where much of Southern New England could get more than a foot of snow.
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Snow will start falling across Massachusetts between 7 and 11 p.m. Wednesday, and by the time it ends midday Thursday, most parts of the state will have been blanketed with 8 to 14 inches, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Boston.
Gov. Charlie Baker was expected to discuss the state's first major snowstorm during a press briefing scheduled for noon Wednesday.
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PEABODY PD: An Emergency Parking Ban has been declared at 10PM. All vehicles must be removed from all public ways at that time. pic.twitter.com/NFHYUSaBsf
— Peabody Police (@PeabodyPolice) December 16, 2020
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