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A left-eyed flounder flatfish — also known as a Japanese halibut — on ice 
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Snow, snow, and even more snow!

After weeks of most everyone huddled under the covers trying to stay warm, a Quincy Quarry News staffer was drafted to write a Weekly Fish Wrap this week.

And as for the topic this week? 

Drifting and grifting things snow.

After mostly freezing days during most every day during January as well as much of December, Boston was officially hit 23.2 inches and thus its eighth most snowfall on record.

Further, local snowfall totals in other communities within Interstate 495 range from around a foot and half to leaning on two feet deep.

Mostly cleared down to the pavement Kim Jong Koch Plaza
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Needless to say, given four years since the last sizeable snowfall fell upon Quincy, the City of Quincy’s dealing with the recent snowfall is open to ready — if not also easy — criticism, especially as the snow that fell is light well as fluffy and thus easy snow to clear, all things duly considered.

The prime complaints were less to very much less than plowing streets curb to curb along with less than aces clearing of city sidewalks other than adjacent to Quincy’s two city halls.

For example, less to much less than curb to curb clearing made traveling many two-way streets an adventure, if not also baiting games of chicken by long-known to be aggressive Nekker drivers.

City Hall VIP parking lot cleared to pavement as well as from curb to curb
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Similarly common enough problematic in the curbside lanes of four-lane streets as well as that dedicated right turn lanes were often similarly covered with snow.

Surface parking was also dear — outside of City Hall’s always ploughed VIP parking lot, that is.

Further concerning, after years of trimming the snow and ice removal budget to a bit over a couple of million dollars, one can only assume that this budget line item will be running over budget this year, especially as rumor has it that city workers insisted on seeing premium pay to remove snow at times when they should have only been paid regular play.

In short, even as climate change changes the weather, things remain pretty much the same in Quincy.

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