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Massa. sending help to areas recovering after Hurricane Helene [Video]
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Massa. sending help to areas recovering after Hurricane Helene [Video]

Food, flashlights, water, paper goods, baby care items and other necessities are being collected at a Massachusetts police station, one example of ongoing charitable efforts to help communities down south that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. The West Bridgewater Police Department garage was open to collect the supplies. Organizers said they are particularly in need of non-perishable foods, bug spray and flashlights. On Friday afternoon, some of the donations were already loaded onto a truck being prepared for the trip to North Carolina. Five West Bridgewater officers plan to drive the truck to the North Carolina Highway Patrol for distribution. Collections in West Bridgewater will continue until noon on Sunday. Additionally, a truck organized by the YMCA of Greater Boston departed Friday morning from East Boston. Two YMCA staff members are delivering that truck of food to Asheville, North Carolina. Dozens of Massachusetts utility crews are already working in areas damaged by the storm, and members of Massachusetts Task Force One are working in North Carolina. The hurricane roared ashore Thursday night as a Category 4 storm on Florida’s Gulf Coast and then quickly moved Friday through other states, uprooting trees, splintering homes and sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams. Dozens of deaths are blamed on the storm, and millions are without power in the region.Video below: How Helene may cause supply shortage at hospitals

Massachusetts truckers feeling impact from dockworkers’ strike [Video]
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Massachusetts truckers feeling impact from dockworkers’ strike [Video]

ECONOMY HERE IN NEW ENGLAND. DOCK WORKERS WALKING THE PICKET LINE THIS EVENING. ARE WE GOING TO DO SHUTTING DOWN? AFTER WALKING OFF THE JOB JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMENS ASSOCIATION DEMANDING HIGHER PAY AND JOB PROTECTION FROM AUTOMATED CRANES THAT ARE USED TO LOAD AND UNLOAD CONTAINERS FROM SHIPS HERE IN BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST. BUT WITH NO ONE WORKING AT THE PORTS. THOUSANDS OF CONTAINERS ARE IN LIMBO, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SHORTAGES AND HIGHER PRICES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. I HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT HAS HALLOWEEN STUFF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. THE OTHER DAY, AND ITS SITTING ON THE WATER RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY DAY THAT THIS HAPPENS, ITS A WEEK TO PUT THAT DAY BACK INTO PERSPECTIVE. NEIL SPIEGEL AND HIS SON JOSH OWNED ROWLEY TRANSPORTATION. THEY HAVENT MOVED SINCE THEY GOT OFF THE ROAD MONDAY. THEIR TRUCKS MOVE SOME OF THE MOST CARGO IN AND OUT OF CONLEY TERMINAL IN BOSTON, BUT NOW ARE LEFT PARKED HERE IN BROCKTON IN THE 22 EMPLOYEES WHO DRIVE THOSE TRUCKS ARE STUCK AT HOME. OUR TRUCK PAYMENTS DONT STOP. I MEAN, OUR OVERHEAD HERE, ITS JUST ITS CRAZY. SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET BACK OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, GET THINGS ROLLING AGAIN WITH TIME TO CLEAN THE TRUCKS AND DO SOME REPAIR WORK. EVERYONE HERE HOPING BOTH SIDES COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN DOMINOES DONT FALL ANY FURTHER. I HAVE NO ANSWERS. YOU KNOW WERE IN THE DARK JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO SIT BACK AND HOPE FOR THE BEST HERE. NOW THE UNION IS ASKING FOR A. 77% WAGE INCREASE OVER SIX YEARS. THE U.S. MARITIME ALLIANCE HAS COME UP TO 50%. BUT AT THIS POINT, NO DEAL. SO FAR. WERE