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THEY SAW OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW DOWN THERE. KALYN. YEAH. DOUG. ANTOINETTE. GOOD MORNING. THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY FEELING THE IMPACTS OF THIS STORM. IN FACT, AS WE WERE COMING INTO THE CITY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF. AND IT’S HARD TO MAKE OUT WHAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY’RE COVERED BY SNOW. THESE ARE ALL VEHICLES HERE WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF EASTERN AVE AND PLEASANT STREET HERE, THESE CARS. IT’S GOING TO BE A WHILE UNTIL THEY GET DUG OUT. AND MAYOR COOGAN, THE MAYOR OF FALL RIVER, WE SPOKE WITH HIM LAST NIGHT. HE SAYS BUSINESSES NEED TO REMAIN CLOSED. THEY’RE BASICALLY LIKE IN A SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW. AND OF COURSE, FALL RIVER FALLS INTO BRISTOL COUNTY. SO THEY ARE ALSO UNDER THAT TRAVEL BAN THAT WAS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR LAST NIGHT. HE WANTS TO REMAIN QUIET HERE. OF COURSE, THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY, BUT BUSINESSES TOO. THE ONLY VEHICLES WE’VE SEEN THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A FEW EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND THE MAYOR DID TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS HARD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO EVEN FIND THEIR WAY AROUND THE CITY, WHICH ALSO HAD HIM CALL IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AS WELL. SO WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY NEEDED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. FALL RIVER IS ONE OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON LOOK AT THE ROADS HERE. YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE THE PAVEMENT. AND WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ROUTE 24. THAT IS THE WAY WE CAME THIS MORNING. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR UNTIL THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GET. IT REALLY GETS CHOPPY. IT’S NOT SAFE OUT THERE. YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE SIGNAGE ON THE HIGHWAY. SIGNS, REALLY? ANYTHING YOU CAN’T MAKE OUT WHAT LANES ARE WHICH. SO THAT IS WHY THERE’S A TRAVEL BAN. AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, UNTIL WE HEAR FROM OFFICIALS, IT’S BEST THAT YOU DO STAY OFF THE ROADS AGAIN. THE ONLY VEHICLES WE’RE SEEING AS YOU SEE THERE, AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE THAT’S THE ONLY PEOPLE THEY WANT OUT HERE. OTHERWISE STAY INSIDE AND STAY WARM. REPORTING LIVE
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A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history.Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website. Parts of Massachusetts’ Bristol County, where the Globe’s printing press in Taunton is located, recorded 32 inches of snow by Monday night, the National Weather Service said.Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today’s internet age. A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 7% of U.S. adults often got their news from printed newspapers or magazines. That’s compared to 56% who said they often got their news from a smartphone, computer or tablet.Tuesday marks the first time Globe management has called off the newspaper’s daily production since its 1872 founding. Labor strikes halted printing a few times in the 1950s and ’60s.The Globe said it went to press during another record-setting blizzard nearly five decades ago, when it printed a few thousands copies of a Feb. 7, 1978, edition. Few papers actually made it to readers, however, because piles of snow prevented delivery trucks from getting farther than a mile or two from its building.Monday’s blizzard set snowfall records in nearby Rhode Island, where the T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick received nearly 38 inches to break a 1978 record.The Globe said print subscribers will get Tuesday’s paper delivered on Wednesday.
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history.
Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website. Parts of Massachusetts’ Bristol County, where the Globe’s printing press in Taunton is located, recorded 32 inches of snow by Monday night, the National Weather Service said.
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Readers are much less reliant on newsprint for their news in today’s internet age. A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 7% of U.S. adults often got their news from printed newspapers or magazines. That’s compared to 56% who said they often got their news from a smartphone, computer or tablet.
Tuesday marks the first time Globe management has called off the newspaper’s daily production since its 1872 founding. Labor strikes halted printing a few times in the 1950s and ’60s.
The Globe said it went to press during another record-setting blizzard nearly five decades ago, when it printed a few thousands copies of a Feb. 7, 1978, edition. Few papers actually made it to readers, however, because piles of snow prevented delivery trucks from getting farther than a mile or two from its building.
Monday’s blizzard set snowfall records in nearby Rhode Island, where the T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick received nearly 38 inches to break a 1978 record.
The Globe said print subscribers will get Tuesday’s paper delivered on Wednesday.
