Early winter storms risk burying city's cleanup budget

Budgeting for snow cleanup is a crapshoot since there’s no telling what Mother Nature will throw at the city.
The snowfall was relentless Wednesday as city plows tried to keep up with the accumulation. Such a heavy snowfall early in a budget year — a budget year for which a budget hasn’t even been approved yet — can drain the winter maintenance account faster than expected.
Cumberland Coun. Stephen Blais is the new chair of council’s transportation committee, which