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Fair Nor’easter blows through Baldwin
A powerful nor'easter whipped across Nassau County, dumping 3 to 6 inches of snow on the South Shore and 4 to 8 on the North Shore. The snow, at times, mixed with light rain, leaving a thin sheen of ice atop the white stuff.
Road conditions were better on main thoroughfares, worse on side streets.
As of 8 a.m. Thursday, snow still appeared to be falling lightly, and wind gusts remained strong.
Baldwin School District officials announced that today is a snow day and that no remote instruction would take place. Transportation for private and parochial schools would not be provided, they added.
“Luckily, I have the best neighbor in the world. He comes out and snow blows both sidewalks on my corner property, the fire hydrant at the corner and my walkways,” Baldwinite Maureen Herman said of Scott Johnson, of Fishermans Road, who also plows the snow surrounding other older adults’ homes on the block. “I'm only left to get someone to dig out one car, but since we're not going anywhere I just may wait till it melts.”
Baldwin sanitation workers were out this morning, beginning at 6 a.m., collecting garbage and recycling for their neighbors.
The Long Island Rail Road was running 10 to 15 behind schedule systemwide. NICE Bus also reported delays.
PSEG-LI reported that about 3,300 Long Islanders lost power overnight, with 150 outages on Thursday morning.
