The holiday weekend brought snow to much of the area, making for fun for families and a busy weekend for public works crews.
In Paramus, New Jersey, NBC New York found Daniel and Eli Chamoun enjoying snowball fights in between shoveling. “It’s a workout because there’s nothing else to do today. We’re getting snow and hope for the best,” said Daniel.
“The thing is you want to kind of pick some of this stuff up before it gets a little colder out,” Paramus resident Robert Paulovich told News 4’s Axel Turcios.
Bergen County Executive James Tedesco says plows are out, pushing off the snow. “Our men and women were in at 8:00 this morning,” as salt spreading got underway.
A News 4 team saw a few car crashes while driving around, but Tedesco says there were no reports of serious accidents as of late Saturday afternoon.
Fast-moving snow also blasted through Manhattan, in Hell’s Kitchen and Central Park.
But back in Paramus, a group of Cub Scouts from Pack 139 in Bergenfield celebrated fellow troop member Eduardo Mendoza’s 11th birthday by sledding down a snow-covered hill. “It’s been really fun so far,” said Mendoza. Friend Elijah Lee said they were also learning valuable skills this weekend. “How to build fires (and) tie some knots.”