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Those piles of snow? They arent clean Where snow is put to melt matters, as it is contaminated with salt, gas and oil FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY— After the Capital Region saw a historic amount of snowfall last week, snow plows, trucks, and crews worked tirelessly— and are still working— to remove the snow from the streets. But all of that snow doesn’t just disappear -  and where it gets piled up to melt matters because the runoff from snow melt isn’t clean. Snow can often contain sa...

Dec 17, 2020 — Albany, Washington and Saratoga Counties declared states of emergency following the first big winter storm of the season. Parts of northern New York received more than two feet of snow by Thursday morning. The snow buried a backyard BBQ grill on a porch in Queensbury. Photo: Betty Little Washington Countys Board of Supervisors announced the closure of all county facilities and issued a travel advisory to residents to stay off the roads as much as possible. Warren County said it...