No snow day in Washington Township as police muscle bus free

Last week, while we were all trying top resume normal activities after the historic snowfall, many communities struggled to move all the snow out of the way of cars and pedestrians.

Historic New Jersey snowfall leaves roads and parking lots buried

Last Wednesday, I had a meeting that I had moved from Monday to avoid the major snow only to find that even three days after, crews were still clearing parking spots and intersections.

In Washington Township in Gloucester County, the police department was busy helping stranded motorists in the snow, clearing packed driveways, and helping senior citizens.

Then the call came in about a school bus stuck in snow, unable to move, full of school kids.

Washington Township police step up during snow emergency

Without hesitation, Officers Cicatiello, Rossi, Swan, Tucker and McNair responded, grabbing shovels and anything else they needed to free the bus full of kids…

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