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Overnight Parking Bans: Rules for 42 Towns
Eighteen of 42 Boston-area towns ban overnight street parking on a schedule; eighteen act only when a storm is declared. Find yours, with fines.
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Parking rules, trash schedules and notices that change your week, from the towns that publish them.
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Marblehead's Christmas Walk and Old Town
The Christmas Walk is listed for Dec. 3 to 6. Plus Abbot Hall, Fort Sewall and the bus to Wonderland, with the hours the town posts.
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Medford: Chevalier Shows and the New River Path
Six Chevalier Theatre dates from Nov. 13 to Dec. 30, the half-mile Clippership Connector on the Mystic, and Medford's rum and shipbuilding past.
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Salem Beyond Halloween: Winter Hours and Where to Go
From Nov. 15 the National Park runs Wednesday to Sunday and PEM is closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Hours, prices, parking and Winter Island.
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Somerville by Square, Plus a Winter Saturday Market
The winter market at the Armory, the Green Line stops named for squares, the Community Path extension and a night at the Somerville Theatre.
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Sidewalk Shoveling Rules and Fines Near Boston
How long you have to clear the sidewalk after a storm, and what it costs if you don't, in 42 Boston-area towns. Some give 3 hours; some set no rule.
North Reading: winter parking rules start Nov 15
Nov 15 to Apr 15: no parking in public rights-of-way 1-6 a.m. (emergencies excepted).
From Winter Parking BanWoburn: winter parking rules start Nov 15
Nov 15 to Mar 31: no parking on the EVEN side of any street 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Odd side is allowed unless signed. The ordinance repeats each year.
From Woburn Police FAQAndover: Thanksgiving trash and recycling
FY27 guide lists Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day as holidays after which collections are one day later. No leaf collection the week of Thanksgiving. Call 978‑623‑8701...
From Andover 2026 collection informationBedford: Thanksgiving trash and recycling
2026-27 calendar marks no holiday trash delay for this date; only Labor Day and Memorial Day weeks are marked. Collection stays on the regular day.
From Bedford 2026 collection informationBelmont: Thanksgiving trash and recycling
2026-27 calendar marks Thu Nov 26 in red as a holiday. Its rule: holiday postpones that day to the next day and all remaining days that week.
From Belmont 2026 collection information