Here in the Northeast — for HSH.com, Northern New Jersey specifically — we have one thing on our minds: snow. With a snow storm as major as the one that has blanketed our area — some reports say as much as two feet of snow has fallen in the past two days — “normal” routines and productivity can come to a grinding halt.

Offices are closed, the kids’ schools are closed, and programs and events are cancelled. Yet, while many of us are digging out our cars and shoveling our sidewalks (and perhaps doing a little relaxing — only if you’re lucky), others are working around the clock, plowing our streets and salting the roadways.

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The Northeast is currently being blanketed by another round of heavy snow. HSH.com’s New Jersey office is closed today, February 25, 2010 due to the winter weather. We’ll keep you posted regarding tomorrow, since the storm is expected to hang around into the early portion of the weekend. 

However, Mother Nature won’t slow the blog down, it will remain up and running through the end of the week and into the weekend.

As nearly the entire East Coast is slammed with heavy snow, the winter wonderland which brings school and office closings across numerous states, also brings additional stress to many state budgets which are already past their breaking point. 

Here in New Jersey, where this year’s snow-removal budget is about $11 million, Governor Jon Corzine has reported the state has already spent double that on “frequent snow events.” Read the rest of this entry »