Massachusetts School Closings, Delays Feb. 9

Massachusetts is expected to get slammed by a nor'easter Thursday, dumping as much as a foot of snow on some regions. Officials have already asked motorists to try and stay off the roads, in light of a slew of frightening traffic accidents across the state Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning most of the state from 4 a.m. Thursday until 8 p.m. A Blizzard Warning will be in effect for Coastal Plymouth and the Cape and Islands from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The NWS is warning of "heavy snow," 8-12 inches across most of Massachusetts, with a bit less in the Cape and Islands.

Several school districts in Patch towns have already canceled school Thursday, and many more are expected to follow. Here's a list of school closings so far:

Acton-Boxborough

Arlington

Attleboro

Belmont

Beverly

Boston

Braintree

Brockton

Cambridge

Concord

Danvers

Dover

Falmouth

Foxborough

Foxborough Charter School

Framingham

Hamilton-Wenham

Hingham

Holliston

Hopkinton

Lexington

Malden

Mansfield

Marblehead

Marlborough

Milford

Medford

Melrose

Milton

Natick

Needham

Newton

Northborough

Norwood

Peabody

Quincy

Salem

Seekonk

Sharon

Sherborn

Shrewsbury

Somerville

Stoughton

Sudbury

Swampscott

Walpole

Waltham

Watertown

Wayland

Wellesley

Westborough

Weston

Westwood

Weymouth

Wilmington

Winchester

Woburn

Worcester

Stay tuned with Patch for more cancellations as they come in.

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