Snow day: Madison Reed, the daughter of Ivonne and Robert Reed, (and charlie) enjoys the icy snow in the Westmoreland neighborhood

Feb. 17. Public Works employees are applying sand and brine to major streets this morning, after a winter mix encased Cornelius and environs in a half inch of ice. Town Manager Anthony Roberts says the Police Department is fully operational and that the DDI at I-77 is mostly slush. Officials are advising people to stay off the roads, however. No word on whether the Town Board will meet tonight as scheduled. There are about a half-dozen town vehicles out working on the roads, Roberts said at 9 a.m.