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New England ready for more snow Updated February 18, 2021, 7:53 p.m. Email to a Friend Plows ready for storm duty, state says The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Thursday it is ready to deploy 3,900 pieces of state and contractor snow-clearing equipment for the long-duration storm hitting the state through Friday. The equipment includes more than 1,400 plow and spreader combos, 2,100 plows, and 460 front-end loaders, the Department of Transportation said in a statement. As of 11 p.m. Thursday, 782 pieces of equipment had already hit the streets, the department said on Twitter. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory ahead of the snowstorm expected to reach New England beginning Thursday night and continuing through Friday. The advisory will continue to 7 p.m. Friday. The storm is expected to dump 3 to 7 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Eastern Massachusetts is expected to see the highest snow accumul ....