Plows out in full force in Franklin Square and Elmont

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UPDATE: 12:51 p.m.

The Franklin Square and Elmont School district's public schools will be closed today due to a forecast of 4 to 6 inches of snow in the area.

In addition to the schools, the Franklin Square library and Elmont library are closed as well. 

The snow began falling before rush hour, which made for a dangerous road conditions.

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory has been issued for Nassau County until 12 p.m. The storm will bring moderate snowfall and low visibility, officials said, making travel hazardous.Winds were reported to be up to 35 miles per hour in some areas.

Snow crews were out plowing and shoveling snow, as soon as the flakes began to fall early this morning. Jimmy Rigos, a building maintenance worker for various structures in Franklin Square was outside of the Hempstead Turnpike Chase Bank shoveling the sidewalks.

"It's not as bad as the last storm at least," he said as he scooped up a shovel's worth of snow. 

The bank is normally not a building he supervises. The person in charge of shoveling had not arrived for work today, Rigos said. 

Others have been offering their services to shovel and plow as a way to make some extra money. Michael Keen of Garden City South, made his services available for anyone who lives near Washington Street School. 

"I've been doing this since I was a kid to stay busy, help others and of course make some cash," he said.

LIRR UPDATE

Due to the overnight snowfall that continued on Long Island into the late morning, the Long Island Rail Road and its customers suffered minor delays on the Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma branches. There was also scattered delays to and from Brooklyn's Atlantic City Terminal.

“Well, it appears as though Long Island is getting more snow than New York City,” LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena said. “I would say the more east you are, the more snow you are going to get.”

Although there was one cancelation on the railroad Friday morning, all 140 trains were running smoothly for the a.m. commute. The longest delay was about 20 minutes, which was cut to 10 minutes on specific lines.

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