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State on track to trade gloom for nicer days

Much of the heavy, wet snow that a nor’easter dumped on Massachusetts Wednesday night had been washed away, but some light flakes fell Thursday in the central part of the state, according to the National Weather Service.

NStar worked Thursday after­noon to restore power to about 5,700 customers after trees and power lines were brought down by the storm’s high winds, mostly along the shore.

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