Patrick Brown

A last blast of winter blew through the Northeast on Tuesday, with snow and sleet delaying the start of school in some areas and making the morning commute an icy, slippery mess a day before spring starts.The nasty weather led some schools in upstate New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut to close, adding a few more snow days to school calendars.Judy Andonian, 67, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, was dropping off mail at the post office in Wenham on Tuesday morning.She had recently moved back to Massachusetts from Arkansas to be closer to her grandchildren."Now I am back in the trenches," she said, adding she is holding out hope that this is the last snow of the season. "I want this to be over."The winter storm that started overnight Monday and early Tuesday might even continue into Tuesday night for northern areas. Snow is expected to cover newly bare patches of ground and force people to gas up their snow blowers again on the last day of winter.Some were welcoming the forecast, as the comi...

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