Mayor James J. Fiorentini > Press Release

January 14, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Mayor Issues Cold Weather Alert
Advises Residents to Avoid Outdoor Travel on Friday

Mayor James J. Fiorentini today issued an “Extreme Cold Weather Advisory” and urged residents not to travel on foot during the upcoming extreme cold scheduled for Friday.

The Mayor also ordered that the Citizen’s Center be available as an emergency shelter in the event that someone is without heat.  If heat goes out in the nighttime and people have nowhere to go, they should call the police nonemergency number, 978 373-1212, and the police will make arrangements for them to either go to a shelter or to the citizen’s center. 

The Mayor and police department indicated that the police would be patrolling areas normally frequented by the homeless and would transport homeless people to shelters or to the citizen’s center if the shelter is filled. 

“We are asking all of our citizens to take extra precautions not to be out in this cold” said Mayor Fiorentini.  “Senior citizens should be especially careful as these temperatures present a risk of hypothermia.  At these temperatures we are concerned about the health and safety of persons without adequate shelter.”