No Trash, Recycle Collection Monday In Philadelphia
Any resident who normally has Monday collection is being asked to hold on to their trash for another week.
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Any resident who normally has Monday collection is being asked to hold on to their trash for another week.
All School District of Philadelphia schools are closed for Monday.
Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man apparently trapped in his running car by a snowplow deluge died of carbon monoxide poisoning during the storm.
All speeds were restored to their usual posted limits on Sunday afternoon.
When snow falls like a Chicken Little sky, phones come off the hook at area ski shops. That's when people get excited about the idea of skiing city and suburban streets, parks, bike trails and the fringe of golf courses. In other words - "cross-country" or Nordic style.
Emergency management officials in southern Delaware say there are no reports of major problems or injuries from coastal flooding brought by a winter storm that pummeled the mid-Atlantic region.
The comparisons of this weekend's winter storm are to Hurricane Sandy. Some leaders of shore towns say this storm did more harm. Governor Christie sees it another way.
Officials say authorities responded to 118 North Hellertown Avenue at around 8 a.m. Sunday.
Services resumed around 11 a.m. Sunday with some delays and detours as a result of the winter storm.
Wolf, in a press conference this morning to talk about the latest on the winter storm that pummeled our area, said it was the biggest storm this part of the country has ever had and it threw authorities for a loop from the very beginning.
With narrow streets and an abundance cars, the 20-plus inches of snow dumped on the city means there's snow everywhere, but no place to put it.
22.4 inches that's the official snowfall number, a historic storm for Philadelphia, and it's less than a month on the job for Mayor Jim Kenney.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office issued a news release Sunday saying Charles Ramsey will be a senior adviser to the department and will help "guide civil rights reforms."
Most major highways had been cleared by early Sunday, including the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. But reduced speed limits were in place on most of those roadways.
Today is a good day to dig out as the storm has moved well offshore and the sun has returned. There will be melting taking place today with the sunshine, but untreated areas that are not exposed to the sun will remain icy.
