Ashby Still Under State of Emergency, Buried by Two Feet of Snow

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(TNS) – The Town of Ashby is still in a state of emergency on Wednesday, March 15, after over two feet of snow was dumped on the town during Tuesday’s Nor’easter.

Ashby had declared a state of emergency at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to a Boston 25 article reposted on the town’s Facebook page on Wednesday morning. The Middlesex County town received 24 to 26 inches of snow, and many of its roads are filled with the debris of downed trees and electrical wires.

Ashby Town Hall is still closed as of March 15, according to a Wednesday morning Facebook update, but the town’s emergency operations center is running and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has been called in for additional resources, the outlet reported.

The town fire department had called in all of its members on Tuesday because of the amount of calls received by dispatch, the outlet said, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), along with a tree company, will be arriving to send out chainsaw crews for help with the fallen trees.

As of 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Ashby had no commercial power and there was continuous heavy snowfall, the outlet said. The town had announced Ashby Elementary would be open as a warming center until 8 p.m. Tuesday, and that overnight warming centers would be available in nearby towns.

The police department referred MassLive to the town’s fire department and Town Hall for comment; neither were immediately available.

Town officials told Boston 25 more details would be provided as they became available.