Massachusetts faces a shortage of ice melt days after a snowstorm. But here are some alternative products you can use in a ...

Save our lakes from salt. That’s the simple plea from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. It recently sent out a news ...

Salt may be quickest when it comes to keeping roads and sidewalks clear of ice. But at this point of a snowy winter, a shortage in the Northeast has some looking for help and other materials.

A mixture of beet juice and water can help lower the freezing point of water to melt ice, but it could temporarily stain the ...

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 ...

A rock salt shortage amid a cold, snowy and icy winter has resulted in slim pickings for Rochester area residents trying to keep their sidewalks and driveways clear. Below is a non-exhaustive list of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...