With shovels in hand, local residents began the tough task of digging out their cars and driveways after the winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow on the South Coast.

The "historic" storm began Friday afternoon and didn't let up until Saturday morning. By then, nearly all Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester residents had lost power and had, well, a lot of snow to shovel.

Mike Davis of Marion spent most of Saturday morning shoveling his driveway, and received a helping hand from a "good samaritan."

"He came by with a plow and took the rest of it away," Davis said. "He wouldn't take a dime from me. It just goes to show you that there are good people."

Sue Noonan was one of the 97 percent of NSTAR's Marion customers that lost power by Saturday morning.

Having lived in New England her whole life, Noonan said she was used to snow, just maybe not as much snow as the region got this weekend.

"We've lost power but I can't remember having lost power for this long before," Noonan said. "We've been very lucky here."

Davis agreed.

"The Blizzard of '78 is the only comparable storm," Davis said. "Last year we had nothing."

Once the storm let up, several residents took time out from the clean up to stroll around town.

"It's gorgeous," said Marion resident Kitsy Howard.

Since Governor Deval Patrick banned all travel on the roads until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Howard said she was enjoying the calm of Marion's Village.

"We can't drive anywhere so we might as well walk," Howard said. "We lost power. It's a good time to sit down and read a book."

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