As temperatures continue to decline in line with colder, wetter weather, the city has yet to see snow — or at least, snow that “sticks.” But rest assured, the novel snowplow will soon be rumbling and slogging to keep city streets clear. 

Charlie Denmead, the director of Fall River’s Department of Community Maintenance, is expecting a “cold and snowy” start to winter, with the weather warming in February, according to early predictions.

“Here,” Denmead said, “we prepare for the worst and hope for the best.” 

And despite having over 50 pieces of snow removal equipment ready to dispatch during a storm, including salter combo trucks, plows, backhoes, and skid steers, Denmead cited that the “shortage of snow removal vendors has impacted state and municipal snow removal operations hard,” adding that a dwindling number of private vendors is an epidemic throughout the Northeast.

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