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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Audrey McAvoy

Blizzard prompts Boston Globe management to call off printing paper for first time in 153 years

APTOPIX Winter Weather Massachusetts - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history.

Snow and winds prevented staff from safely getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday's paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website. Parts of Massachusetts' Bristol County, where the Globe's printing press in Taunton is located, recorded 32 inches (81 centimeters) of snow by Monday night, the National Weather Service said.

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