Snow day in the city with a parking ban to boot

PORTLAND, MAINE - 02/24/13 - Workmen clear snow from a private parking lot on Myrtle Street Sunday, making way for cars carrying people coming to the Portland Symphony Orchestra's "A Night at the Movies" pops concert. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

PORTLAND, MAINE – 02/24/13 – Workmen clear snow from a private parking lot on Myrtle Street Sunday, making way for cars carrying people coming to the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “A Night at the Movies” pops concert. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A citywide parking ban for the City of Portland has been declared beginning at 10:00 PM tonight, February 24th and ending at 6:00 AM tomorrow morning, February 25th. The parking ban has been declared so that Public Services crews can clear and remove snow from today’s storm.

PORTLAND, MAINE - 02/24/13 - A man and a woman trudge through the wet snow on Myrtle Street in Portland Sunday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

PORTLAND, MAINE – 02/24/13 – A man and a woman trudge through the wet snow on Myrtle Street in Portland Sunday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

PORTLAND, MAINE - 02/24/13 - Jake Owens and Jennifer Claster ski back across the Casco Bay Bridge into Portland after a foray into South Portland Sunday. "It's a beautiful day," said Owens. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

PORTLAND, MAINE – 02/24/13 – Jake Owens and Jennifer Claster ski back across the Casco Bay Bridge into Portland after a foray into South Portland Sunday. “It’s a beautiful day,” said Owens. Troy R. Bennett | BDN