After being overwhelmed with the response last winter when Arlington leaders asked the community for ideas to help name their snow plows, they decided to do it again.

But the county had more than double the number of responses to review, arranging them in categories, such as celebrities and references to life in Northern Virginia.

The result is a finalized list of 75 names for the snow plows, which also function as salt trucks.

“This is kind of our effort to bring attention to all the work that goes into Arlington County snow preparations and our snow response,” said Kiara Candelaria Nieves, communication specialist with Arlington’s Department of Environmental Services.

The idea, Nieves said, isn’t unique. Cities in Minnesota, Massachusetts and as far away as Scotland have launched s

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