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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

If you're striking out at local retailers, here's what you can do to melt ice instead. Most households have table salt on hand, and it works to melt ice as long as the temperature is above 15 ...

Factors that influence ice melt include the angle of sunlight, cloud cover, the distribution of salt and sand, and plowed roads, which allow solar radiation to penetrate the asphalt more easily.

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 ...

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 ...