Article: Hail damage historic; Hundreds of vehicles need repairs or new parts.(NEWS)

Byline: Bill Fortier

Commuters in several Blackstone Valley towns have recently been seeing signs most of them have never seen - at least in this part of the country.

Many auto body shops in Grafton, Millbury and Sutton, and at least one in Auburn, have large - in some cases electric - signs advertising free estimates and the mechanical knowledge to repair vehicles damaged during the May 24 hailstorm that pounded those communities with hail reportedly larger than golf balls.

"I've been in this business for 50 years and I've seen some hail damage to cars, but I have never seen this type of massive damage," said Walter G. Thomas, the owner of ...

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