What's Closed, Canceled And Delayed In Salem On Tuesday

SALEM, MA -- Salem closed schools for Tuesday and declared a snow emergency that goes into effect at 10 pm Monday. A winter storm warning goes into effect at 11 pm Monday and will be in place until 8 pm on Tuesday. Forecasters are calling for blizzard-like conditions and 12-18 inches of snow on the North Shore.

"You know the drill....although it feels strange to be doing this in mid-March," Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll said in a Facebook post announcing the snow emergency Monday afternoon.

On-street parking is banned for the duration of the snow emergency. The city has designated snow emergency parking locations, which can also be viewed on an interactive map. The quickest way to find out when the city has lifted the snow emergency is to sign up for the Salem CodeRED alert system. The city will also place a red snow emergency banner across the top of its Website at Salem.com.

Salem has been battered in three winter storms so far this winter, with a January 4 storm resulting in widespread flooding throughout the city. Less than two weeks ago, storm surges forced officials to indefinitely close Derby Wharf. Tomorrow, high tide will hit Salem at 9:19 am and 9:54 pm, with forecasters currently predicting tides of 8.6 feet in the morning and 7.8 feet at night.

Here are the cancellations we know of so far. Patch will update this list and story as more information becomes available:

• Salem Public Schools are closed Tuesday.
• The Salem Public Library will be closed on Tuesday.
• There will be no trash pickup in Salem on Tuesday. The rest of the weekly pickup schedule will be pushed back one day.
• All Salem Community Child Care sites are closed Tuesday.
• Salem State University is closed all day Thursday. All day and evening classes are canceled.
• The first meeting of the Salem Youth Chess Club has been postponed until Thursday at 6 pm at the Salem Public Library.
• The Salem YMCA is closed.
• Salem Cinema closed earlier on Tuesday afternoon.
• The Salem Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled.
• The Salem Little League general membership meeting shceduled for Tuesday will now be held on March 20 at 7:30 pm at the Knights of Columbus.
• LifeBridge Salem's thrift store is closed.
• Many of Beverly Hospital's outpatient clinics and sites are closed today. If you have a question about an appointment or a specific site's status, please contact that site directly.
• The MBTA's will operate on an "extremely reduced" schedule. More information is available on the MBTA's Web site.
• All Massachusetts courts are closed on Tuesday.
• Massachusetts RMV Service Centers are closed.

Got cabin fever and want to get out for a bite to eat? Salem Food Tours is updating a Facebook list of its restaurant partners that are open, closed or operating on different schedules. They do advise calling ahead to confirm before you head out.

The city also has a snow shoveling assistance program for elderly and disabled residents. More information on the program, which is run by the Salem Council on Aging, is available on the Website.

For more information on this story, see Salem's Snow CentralWebsite. Subscribe to Salem Patch for more local news and real-time alerts.

This story will be updated when new information about the storm becomes available.

Photo of a Salem supermarket on Monday by Ward 3 City Councilor Lisa Peterson.

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