Local Heroes
Keeping ahead of the accumulation on State Road.
Keeping ahead of the accumulation on State Road.
Tending to up-Island roads.
Tending to up-Island roads.
Clearing the way for ferry riders.
Clearing the way for ferry riders.
Tonka trucks for grown ups.
Tonka trucks for grown ups.
West Tisbury crews worked into the evening.
West Tisbury crews worked into the evening.
Snow blew in from Sound onto Seaview avenue.
Snow blew in from Sound onto Seaview avenue.
Taking care of business in Menemsha.
Taking care of business in Menemsha.
As snowstorms go, this one was well timed, arriving before the Super Bowl with generous warning from weather forecasters. On Sunday as the storm howled and snow piled up and every window in the house frosted, there was no reason to venture out. But there were people who did — principally the men and women of the town highway departments, emergency responders, police, firefighters, electric company workers and employees at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
They are the local heroes.