If you don’t have a salt spreader but need to melt ice, our guide on how to melt ice without salt provides a few additional methods. Q. Should I spread salt before snow? Yes, the best time to ...

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 ...

Rocky's Ace Hardware in Fitchburg is down to their last two pallets of salt. Residents are searching high and low for ice melt ahead of the storm. "We had another brand and as soon as a pallet ...

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 ...