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<br>	The Town of Brookhaven is adding 16 new trucks to its fleet of highway equipment, according to Newsday.

<br>	The town hopes to prevent residents from becoming trapped during another blizzard. Last winter, unplowed roads kept residents stuck in their homes for days.

<br>	Eight trucks have already arrived, and the rest are expected by the end of the month.

The Town of Brookhaven is adding 16 new trucks to its fleet of highway equipment, according to Newsday.    The town hopes to prevent residents from becoming trapped during another blizzard. Last winter,

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Too, which is nice. So we're talking about those warmer temperatures for your Friday, maybe a little bit of rain late in the evening, but most of the day will be dry. Uh Let's check out Comack for Friday on Ruth Boulevard 53 degrees. Um It feels quite warm after the cold spell that we've had, we have sunshine in the morning. Clouds will kind of come in and thicken up through the day and rain will arrive after four o'clock, uh mostly in the evening, best time for rainfall around seven o'clock. So it's after dark. Look at our high temperatures for the next couple of days. We are in the fifties through Monday and then it will get a little bit cooler. We'll see some forties for the middle of next week and we have some sunshine on the way. So tonight it's mostly clear. 8 a.m. 38 Glen Cove, a little bit of a chill early on 39 Smithtown, 42 in Riverhead. And you see that warmer weather coming in for the afternoon with the clouds 5 to 6 o'clock, some showers. It's not too bad. It's a light rainfall and it moves through quickly by 10, seven o'clock, it's out of here. Start of the weekend will be dry. But we do notice those extra clouds around for Saturday also Sunday. So Sunday morning, there could be some sprinkles early then a break in the afternoon. You can see it here before more rain arrives at night. So good chance for rain. Sunday night ending Monday morning, it is a little bit unsettled with this mild weather around, but most of next week now looks pretty good. We'll see a mix of sun and clouds. It will be chilly with highs in the mid forties.

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Newsday: Brookhaven adding 16 trucks to highway fleet ahead of future blizzards