Paint the town red tonight, relax at home Thursday

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all on The terrace.

Your worker bees have checked with the U.S. Weather Service as well as our local TV meteorologists (the former was necessary because the latter tend to deal largely in Doomsday scenarios) and the consensus is:

Don't drive on New Year's Day or Thursday if you don't have to.

Temperatures are expected to dip as low as single digits, and some blustery winds may accompany the incoming snowstorm.

REMINDER: Although some trash collection routes in the City of Troy have had their pickup days changed in anticipation of the snowfall, ours has not.

You still need to put your trash cans and recycling bins out Thursday night for Friday morning pickup.

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