Pour warm water into a bucket. Add rock salt crystals to it. (A good ratio is 1 gallon water to 1 cup rock salt, but this is ...

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 ...

If you find yourself in desperate need of road salt or other ice melt products to clear your driveway, good luck. You might not find any. A national shortage on ice melt and other de-icing ...

On the increasingly rare occasions when this old lady has to drive in the winter, I try to wait until after the road-clearing ...

This has left many to rely on salt and other de-icers for safety when ... "I actually had been all over town looking for ice melt and I happened to call the hardware store in Waterville and ...

Lace-up shoes and boots with non-skid rubber treads can help you avoid slips and falls. They should fit snugly and for more ...

Many sidewalks, driveways and parking lots are covered by ice in Massachusetts and stores are low on ice melt.

To make those surfaces navigable by foot and car, many have been on the hunt for rock salt and other snow-melt products to get rid of the thick ice. Plus, lessen fears that a next step could ...

Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is diluting the ocean's salt levels, potentially disrupting the vital Antarctic ...

Rich Kerr, owner of Kerr Landscaping, Altoona, picks up a bag of rock salt at Mallow’s Hardware in Altoona on Friday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Years of mild winters paired ...

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“The best time to buy the salt is the pre-season,” Gartland said. “It’s cheaper and more available.” Gartland said he felt “like this is a normal winter” but with a little more i ...