Marblehead’s Board of Health meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and the trash strike tops the agenda. The strike, impacting Marblehead and 13 other communities across the North Shore entered its third week Monday with no new negotiations planned. The BoH meets at the Mary Alley Building and online HERE.
The Teamsters Local 25 union walked off the job at Republic Services on July 1 and, as of Tuesday afternoon, negotiations had fallen apart. Republic’s replacement workers have been collecting trash in town, but many residents report spotty pick-up
Six communities, including Beverly and Peabody, are going to Salem Superior Court Tuesday at 2 p.m., asking for an injunction to force Republic to fulfill its contract and pick up trash. Marblehead is not part of that action.
Marblehead Public Health Director Andrew Petty urges residents to bring their trash and recycling to the Transfer Station, which is open Monday-Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-3:25 p.m. (and closed for lunch from 12-1 p.m.). The Transfer Station is open to all residents during the strike.
Petty also encourages people to put out their trash (not recycling) on their regular pick-up day and leave the barrel there until it gets picked up. Report missed collections to the Health Department at 781-631-0212.
Editor Leigh Blander is an experienced TV, radio and print journalist.
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