Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

OK, maybe not. This snow stinks right now.

If you're a member of the Fitchburg Hometown e-mail chain, you've seen tons of feedback in recent days over the city's snow cleanup, or lack thereof. It appears much of the complaints focus on the tight neighborhood over near B.F. Brown and Elm Street.

To play apologist here, the Thursday and Sunday storms dropped a good 16-18 inches on the city, and let's be honest, none of the stuff that fell Thursday melted by Sunday. So really, we're looking at one big storm. Even around here, it's fairly rare that we get an 18-inch snowstorm.

So, this is an unusual situation.

But, there were some weather-related problems yesterday. Some sidewalks near schools weren't taken care of, and a portion of the South Street School didn't have heat yesterday.

Any other weather-related problems? Are the problems isolated, or this is a city-wide struggle to keep up with the snow? Any anecdotal evidence appreciated. What's the deal out there?