The council essentially gave the city manager the green light to declare a state of emergency and a deadline of Thursday to decide to do it.

Lynnfield, North Reading, and Wakefield have notified Republic Services that it is failing to meet contractual obligations as a Teamsters union strike against the waste management company reaches two weeks.

A STRIKE BY WORKERS at a Republic Services landfill in San Joaquin County that began Tuesday expanded on Wednesday and is expected to continue to disrupt waste collection throughout the Bay Area until a resolution is reached.

The Teamsters Union and Republic Services are expected to resume negotiations Friday as the ongoing sanitation workers strike hits day 11.Republic<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More