With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...

The last thing anybody wants when a winter storm rolls in is to find that their bag of de-icing salt has turned into a solid, unspreadable block. You need those granules to be ready to use, right when ...

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