Thursday, March 7, 2013
Many Foxborough Patch readers expressed frustration with Thursday morning's commute throughout the area.
Snow covered roads Thursday made for an unpleasant commute for many Foxborough Patch readers, who collective described road conditions as "terrible." We took to Facebook to ask how the morning commute was for our readers throughout the area and this is what they had to say: Ramona Kingsley said: "Foxborough roads stink!!! ... drove to Norton this morning and roads in Mansfield and Norton were all clear!!!" Raquel L. Auriemma said: "At 6:30 a.m., very slow going from Foxborough into Sharon. I saw plows/sand trucks in Sharon, but even those roads weren't in great shape." Pat Larkin: "The roads were pretty bad early on, but as the trucks got out there they got better. We (bus drivers) just go slow and don't worry about being late ... safety …
Monday, February 11, 2013
How did the town handle the Blizzard of 2013?
Blizzard 2013 produced the region's fifth largest snowstorm in history, yet Foxborough reported very few problems from the two-day storm. For the first time in over a year, a major storm in town did not result in massive power outages. In fact, this weekend’s blizzard produced zero outages – only flickering lights on Saturday night. That was the good news. The bad was Foxborough was part of the "jackpot" area for snowfall in Massachusetts, accumulating 29 inches in town, according to the National Weather Service. That record amount of snowfall left a massive mess for the town's DPW to clean up. Workers hit the roads Friday and plowed day and night through Sunday, taking short breaks to sleep and eat, according to DPW Director Roger Hill. …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Foxborough officials provide department-by-department updates of town’s condition Saturday afternoon.
For instant updates on weather and storm news (and more!), follow Foxborough Patch on Facebook and Twitter, or sign-up for our e-mail newsletter. UPDATE (12:35 p.m.; Feb. 9, 2013) - Foxborough officials received an update at noon Saturday on the town’s condition as Blizzard 2013 starts to move away from the region. Foxborough DPW Director Roger Hill said his department’s focus remains on the clearing the main and secondary roads. Trucks are beginning to salt those areas of town. “We will not be doing back roads yet,” Hill said. “I’m not going to touch the sidewalks yet.” Hill said his employees have been out clearing roads for over 40 hours now and at some point they will need to take a significant break. “I would say the guys are going to…
Pat Larkin
5:32 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
I'm glad you didn't let your newly licensed driver out on the road this morning, but like I said...put them on the buses! We have schedules to make and can't because of excess traffic and bad road conditions...but we HAVE to be out there. All the cars do not! As for the crossing guard, she is not there for the cars...she is there for the walkers and to get the buses in and out. She gets on her … more ›