{"id":47098,"date":"2023-12-28T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=47098"},"modified":"2023-12-28T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T15:30:09","slug":"name-a-snowplow-contest-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/12\/28\/name-a-snowplow-contest-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Name A Snowplow contest winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><\/div>\n<p>BOSTON \u2014 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the second annual Name A Snowplow contest for statewide elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The winning plow names are: Flower Plower, Edward Blizzardhands, Glacier Gobbler, Polar Pathmaker, Snow B Wan Kenobi, The Snolar Express, Sleetwood Mac, Snow Place Like Home, Snow-hemian Rhapsody, The Mayplower, Snow Monstah, and Fast and Flurryous.<\/p>\n<p>This contest received entries from public school classrooms from across the commonwealth. The contest chose names for 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service during this 2023-2024 winter season. The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the snow and ice season and to help recognize the hard work and dedication shown by public works employees and contractors during the winter season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping our roads across Massachusetts clear and safe every winter is a tough job. We are glad to see educators engage their students in a fun competition that pays tribute to this essential public service,\u201d said Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt. \u201cI want to congratulate the winning classrooms and look forward to seeing all of the snowplows in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a fun way for schools across the state to connect with the crews who perform vital road work every year during New England\u2019s harsh winters,\u201d said Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver.\u202f\u201cCongratulations to the winners, and our appreciation to everyone who participated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON \u2014 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the second annual Name A Snowplow contest for statewide elementary and middle school students in Massachusetts. The winning plow names are: Flower Plower, Edward Blizzardhands, Glacier Gobbler, Polar Pathmaker, Snow B Wan Kenobi, The Snolar Express, Sleetwood Mac, Snow Place Like Home, Snow-hemian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}