"Boston is kind of eerie at the moment, " said Chris Moran, a veteran snowplow driver doing his best to keep the roads clear.

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Police had to use snowmobiles to reach ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, some snowplow trucks and passenger vehicles stranded overnight on the Long Island Expressway.

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One morning, I shuffled downstairs and was startled to see a snowplow clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk.

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It had articulating suspension and steering, a snowplow, and a winch.

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Ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles and some snowplow trucks as well as passenger vehicles got stuck overnight throughout the area, said Vanessa Baird-Streeter, spokeswoman for Suffolk County.

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Perhaps most famously, heavy snowfall in New England led to the controversial 1982 Snow Plow Game, in which Patriots kicker John Smith hit a game-winning field goal only after a snowplow had cleared a spot for him to kick from.

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