Abington’s students get another day at home Tuesday as the town digs out from a whopper coastal storm that dropped nearly 30 inches of snow on the town.
Town Hall, the Library, and the Senior Center will also be closed Tuesday, Town Manager Michael Maresco announced.
“I’m not trying to state the obvious, but this is a storm of historic proportions,” Jack Chief Jack Glynn said in a social media post.
The South Shore, South Coast, and Cape Cod bore the brunt of the storm, which packed the punch of Category 2 hurricane.
Gov. Maura Healey has placed a ban on non-essential travel in the region to allow crews to clear local roadways of snow and ice, and in other communities, downed trees and power lines.
The State Police said there were more than 350 vehicles abandoned on state roadways, including more than 100 across the South Shore.
“Please stay at home with your loved ones, drink something warm, chip away at the snow little by little as the next couple of days will be slow going,” Glynn posted. “PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE locate your nearest hydrant and shovel it out.”
Public safety personnel, utility crews, public works employees, public transportation operators, news media, snow removal contractors, and people seeking urgent medical care are exempt from the travel ban. Residents may also travel to grocery stores, gas stations, and pharmacies.
National Guard units have already been deployed to some coastal towns, including Duxbury and Fall River, to help with cleanup and emergency response efforts.
Despite the monster snow total for Abington, the town appears to have missed the worst of the impacts. More than 276,000 customers are without power as of 10 p.m., with most of those outages located in coastal towns, which saw hurricane-force gusts on top of heavy snow. Still, about 200 Abington customers were without power Monday night.
The Senior Center will remain open as an emergency shelter until noontime Tuesday.
Police said the emergency parking ban remains in effect through Wednesday at 6 a.m. to allow public works crews to clean up streets and sidewalks.
The severity of the storm means trash collection is impacted. Homes that normally have their trash collected on Mondays will not have pickup until next Monday. For all other routes, pickup will be pushed back one day.
All non- school municipal buildings will reopen Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. Schools will decide Tuesday whether to reopen Wednesday, allowing students to finally return from February Vacation.
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