Brookline Storm Center: Brookline Schools closed Monday, February 11

Check here often for updates about service delays and cancellations, new forecast information, and more info you'll need to make it through the storm.

Storm Center: Brookline Information Center This page will be updated throughout the storm. If you see something in town that the public needs to know about, post it here. Brookline Patch is all about connecting people and helping your neighbors. Stay safe Brookline! Stay up to date with the latest on this Friday/Saturday storm. Timeline:   4:50 p.m., Feb. 10:  Brookline Schools closed Monday, February 11. 4:00 p.m., Feb. 9: @MassGovernor Driving ban lifted. Please stay off roads unless necessary to allow street clearing & power restoration. #MAStorm 1:00 p.m., Feb 9: State Driving Ban Ends at 4 p.m. 11:15 a.m., Feb 9: No mail service today.  8:33 a.m., Feb 9: The driving ban is still in effect and the MBTA is still shut down. Their goal is…

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Brookline Storm Center: State of Emergency

Check here often for updates about service delays and cancellations, new forecast information, and more info you'll need to make it through the storm.

Brookline Storm Center: State of Emergency

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Blizzard Photos: Stick Your Camera Out the Window!

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Do You Need a Hand Shoveling?

Will you need help shoveling after the storm? Or, are you offering shoveling services? Let's try and help out our Brookline neighbors during the blizzard.

Will you need shoveling out after the storm? Are you a student looking to make some money shoveling today or tomorrow? If you know someone who needs shoveling or wants to offer shoveling, have them post in the comment section below! 

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Morning Forecast Puts Snow Totals Closer to 3 Feet

The winter storm is expected to build up steam after noon today, with the heaviest snowfall occurring during the Friday evening commute into Saturday.

Brookline residents waking Friday morning expecting to see a blanket of snow will be surprised to see that the streets remain clear, with just the occasional flurry drifting down. But weather forecasters maintain: The storm is coming. And when it does, it may be bigger than previously expected. A National Weather Service blizzard warning update posted early Friday morning states that the "historic winter storm and blizzard" could drop up to 3 feet of snow on the area, rather than the 1-2 feet expected yesterday. The alert covers the Boston area as well as much of eastern and southern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and all of Rhode Island. The NWS alert calls for "heavy snow ... blowing and drifting at times" with quarter-mile …

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Transcript: Blizzard of '13 Live Chat

Check here for updates from Patch, public safety personnel and residents as Massachusetts rides out the Blizzard of 2013.

New England may be in shutdown mode as a giant blizzard barrels through the area, but the conversation is alive and well on Twitter and the rest of the Web. Follow our live chat from Friday morning through the duration of the storm for updates in your neighborhood and around the rest of the state. Patch editors will provide continuous updates, and Twitter feeds from public officials, safety personnel and residents will let you know what's happening outside your window. If you'd like to ask a question during the chat, simply add it in the comment section above. We can't get to every question but will try our best to provide as much information as we can.

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