Hudson Valley communities keep an eye on snow-removal costs
Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | A snow-plow truck leaves the Yonkers Department of Public Works garrage during the beginning of snowfall Wednesday afternoon on Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers. (Dec. 26, 2012)
Hudson Valley winter weather
New York survives nor'easter
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Winter has barely begun, but the recent flurry of snowstorms has local governments across the Hudson Valley keeping a watchful eye on already strained budgets.
Last winter's relatively mild conditions meant snow plows sat idle, salt reserves went virtually untouched and highway departments weren't called to work overtime. Much of that surplus money was put back into strained operating budgets.
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