MassDOT today announced a flurry of new names for its snow-plow and salting trucks, selected from entries by public-school kids across the state: Flurry Fighter, Luke Snowalker, Plower Ranger, Sherlock Snowmes, Snowdrop, Arctic Beast, Sled Zeppelin, Snow day No Way, Blizzard Wizard, Snow Big Deal, Snow Time to Lose, and Blizzard of Oz.
Each of the winning classrooms will receive a $100 school-supply gift card and a visit from their newly named truck.
Among the winning classes: The fifth grade at South Boston's Condon School, which came up with Blizzard of Oz and the fourth grade at the John F. Kennedy School in Somerville, which submitted Sherlock Snowmes.