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Snowfall Predictions: March Monster

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Crazy late winter weather comes in at full force on Wednesday with — wait for it — up to 15 inches!
 
Everyone get your yardsticks ready because we want some proof this time. 
 
The National Weather Service's lastest forecast is heavy, wet snow with accumulations of 13 to 17 inches, and localized amounts up to 20. The storm system is expected to stall over eastern New York and the Berkshires and dump up to 1 to 2 inches an hour.
 
A winter storm warning is in effect beginning Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. and through Thursday at 7 p.m.
 
Travel will be very difficult to impossible, including during the evening commute on Wednesday. Isolated to scattered power outages possible. Be prepared for significant reductions in visibility at times.
 
Greylock Snow Day is rating the possibility of an early Wednesdy release and a Thursday snow day as  "extremely high."
 
We're giving this one severe storm rating of a full loaf of bread and a gallon of milk.
 
Check iBerkshires for school closings and cancellations.
 
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Clarksburg Gets 3 Years of Free Cash Certified

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town officials have heaved a sigh of relief with the state's certification of free cash for the first time in more than three years.
 
The town's parade of employees through its financial offices the past few years put it behind on closing out its fiscal years between 2021 and 2023. A new treasurer and two part-time accountants have been working the past year in closing the books and filing with the state.
 
The result is the town will have $571,000 in free cash on hand as it begins budget deliberations. However, town meeting last year voted that any free cash be used to replenish the stabilization account
 
Some $231,000 in stabilization was used last year to reduce the tax rate — draining the account. The town's had minimal reserves for the past nine months.
 
Chairman Robert Norcross said he didn't want residents to think the town was suddenly flush with cash. 
 
"We have to keep in mind that we have no money in the stabilization fund and we now have a free cash, so we have now got to replenish that account," he said. "So it's not like we have this money to spend ... most of it will go into the stabilization fund." 
 
The account's been hit several times over the past few fiscal years in place of free cash, which has normally been used for capital spending, to offset the budget and to refill stabilization. Free cash was last used in fiscal 2020.
 
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