By Carol P. Bartold, Senior Reporter

Jan. 10, 2018: After an unseasonably mild fall and early winter, there was no doubt that winter had arrived in all its fury last week when a blizzard hit Bronxville and southern Westchester County.

Both the village and the school district heeded the serious nature of forecasts calling for high winds, frigid temperatures, and periods of heavy snowfall accumulating in the range of five to eight inches.

The Bronxville School announced a January 3 closure in advance of the storm and, after announcing a two-hour delay for January 4, decided to keep the school closed and canceled all activities because of the extreme cold and icy conditions.

In anticipation of the storm and the need to clear street and roadways, the village suspended all authorized on-street parking and offered overnight parking in the Kensington Garage on Wednesday, January 3, and Thursday, January 4.

Department of public works employees consolidated removed snow at Scout Field and in the Kraft Avenue parking lot.

Village Administrator Jim Palmer reminds all property owners and merchants that it is their responsibility to maintain the sidewalks in front of their residences or places of business in passable condition. “Some of the sidewalks still need a lot of work,” Palmer noted at the January 8 board of trustees meeting. “If you have a sidewalk in front of your property, we ask that you do your best to try and make it safe and accessible.”

Palmer also stated that property owners who employ snow removal services should instruct them not to push any snow out into the roadway. That is in violation of the village code.

Photo by A. Warner