Worcester Names Four Snowplows After Student Contest Draws Nearly 2,000 Votes

Worcester picked four names for its snowplow trucks. Students submitted entries. The public cast over 1,900 votes. The winners? 2hr Delay Destroyer, Snowraider, Clearopathra, and Ice-Zilla.

The city ran the 2025 Name-A-Snowplow contest with Worcester Public Schools, inviting students from kindergarten through 12th grade to submit ideas for trucks serving four different quadrants. Thirty entries poured in.

Mrs. Brooke Arnold's and Ms. Kelly Walls' second-grade class at Thorndyke Road School submitted 2hr Delay Destroyer. Mrs. Radzik's fourth-graders at the same school created Snowraider.

Ms. Heather Wassall's grades 9-12 Life Skills C class at North High School dreamed up Clearopathra, while Ms. Nicole Trudeau's fourth-grade class at Quinsigamond Elementary School pitched Ice-Zilla.

After students turned in suggestions, the public voted. Each winning name will go on a truck serving a different part of Worcester.

"Congratulations to our Worcester Public School students on another great Name-A-Snowplow contest," said City Manager Eric D. Batista, according to Patch. "Your imaginative and fun names were a treat to review and vote on. Four more of our snowplow trucks are now named and ready to handle anything this winter brings all the while showcasing our students' creativity."

Winning classrooms will get recognition at a City Council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Students will snap photos with the trucks and receive DPW swag.

The contest marks another year of student participation in naming snow removal equipment, connecting young people with local government operations while preparing machinery for winter weather.