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Once, when hired by an insurance company to clean up a water-damaged basement in Bedford, Dow erected a wedding tent in the front yard to shelter water-logged odds and ends while the team hurried to disinfect walls and floors. The owner, a woman living alone, refused to allow the moldering objects, seen by her as treasured and essential, to be carted away - losing a $30,000 insurance claim. "She made us bring everything back down to the basement," Dow recalls. "She almost threw us off the property when we tried to remove a bag of used baby diapers." People grieve when their possessions, however useless or unhealthy, are removed, he says. Hoarding - the out-of-control accumulation of objects and an inability to discard them, including things others deem worthless - is a mental illness affecting at least 2 to 6 percent of the world's population, roughly 15 million people in the U.S., many of whom are 50 or older. "It's really paralyzing. They just can't get rid of things," says Rachel Lakin, administrator of New Hampshire's Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services. Hoarders "don't know how to assign value to something. Therefore, anything becomes valuable."At the other end of the spectrum are seniors who amass possessions over a lifetime and don't discard much, whether from sentimental attachment or a lack of strength, energy and organizational skills needed to divest and keep house. Whatever the cause, crisis levels of clutter produce unhealthy environments that are difficult to navigate, and downright dangerous for seniors with medical and mobility issues, as well as for emergency responders trying to rescue them from overstuffed homes. The clutter encountered by Scene Care, a company whose services include cleaning up hoarding situations, made this kitchen dangerous to navigate. (Courtesy) Dangerous pilesAs New Hampshire's baby-boom population ages, incidents of hoarding and perilous levels of clutter are rising, drawing the attention of public safety and health officials and people who work with elders, as well as communities trying to identify problems and coordinate help before situations turn tragic. Hoarding complaints "are becoming more common. And it's not just seniors," says Manchester Fire Marshal Peter Lennon. "We get one every couple of weeks that draws the attention of the Fire Prevention Bureau. It definitely hinders us if we have to go in there. We've had a couple of fatalitie... (lver Linings: Dwellings strewn with garbage and waste overshadow the mental health crisis)
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn — A man was found dead next to a dumpster in Brooklyn Monday morning, police said.The gruesome discovery was made behind 930 Halsey St., not far from the Halsey Street subway station that services the M, J and Z lines.Police received a call about 10:30 a.m. about an unconscious person at that loation. When officers arrived, they found a fully clothed man unconscious and unresponsive on the ground next to a dumpster.The 31-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. His cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.The deceased’s identity is being withheld until his family is notified, police said. (WPIX 11 New York)
She was hysterical,” Morrell said of her young zombie cheerleader. “She said, ‘They can’t cancel Halloween!’”In Bedford, New Hampshire, 11-year-old Maddie LaCroix and her girlfriends were dressing up as Patriots football players while the boys were dressing as cheerleaders. They were disappointed to have to wait until Sunday.In Rhode Island, Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo came up with a solution. She bought hundreds of pieces of candy and said that her home has power, so trick-or-treating kids can “come to the governor’s street.”The storm caused problems across all of New England: A house was swept away by raging waters in New Hampshire, sailboats crashed onto a beach in Massachusetts and an empty construction truck was blown off a bridge.From Maine to Rhode Island, Coast Guard officials were assessing damage. Crews identified more than 50 vessels torn from their moorings. Many of the vessels were unmanned and adrift while others were washed up on shore.In Massachusetts, a sewage treatment plant in North Andover lost power during the storm and spilled 8 million gallons of untreated waste into the Merrimack River, North Andover Town Manager Andrew Maylor said.Because of the power outage, a pump failed to move waste into the treatment plant, allowing the waste to back up and flow in the river, he said.There was no immediate threat to residents, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection was looking into the matter, he said.In Maine, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican, called for an investigation after the state’s only Veterans Administration hospital outside Augusta asked for emergency power during the storm.The Maine Emergency Management Agency had National Guard soldiers deliver a large backup generator on Monday.The director of the Togus VA said the facility never lost backup power and that the request for help was made as a precaution.In Vermont, dairy farmers who lost electricity in a wind storm that caused widespread outages across New England were relying on generators to power milking equipment to milk cows and to keep the milk cool. Vermont is the largest dairy producing state in New England, with about 800 dairy farms.The scope of the damage in Maine made comparisons to the ice storm inevitable. That storm wrecked the power delivery system in eastern Canada and New England, causing tens of millions of dollars in damage.Roger Pomerleau remembers the 1998 storm well. He said the cold temperatures made that storm harder on a lot of people, but this storm is the one that knocked out his power, which remained out Tuesday.“The temperature is in our favor right now. Those were cold temperatures back then,” he said. “Freezing temperatures. Sump pumps weren’t working, cellars were filling up with water. Very different now.”The weather this week is seasonable, with high temperatures in th... (Greensburg Daily News)
He said Bedford uses 45-gallon containers and 10 percent of homes asked for an additional container. He also said smaller barrels would result in residents needing to purchase overflow bags for $1 each.Pay As You Throw discussionOn Oct. 3, selectmen will vote on whether or not to implement Pay As You Throw (PAYT) in Belmont which would require residents to purchase special bags from a local store for $2 each or a roll of 10 for $20. According to Belmont resident and PAYT advocate Kim Slack, a Waste Zero consultant estimated Belmont would save 25 percent of its trash if it moves to a PAYT system. This equates to a 4.5 percent reduction in energy used by every home in Belmont, he said.“We are in a climate crisis. I am doing this for my daughter and her generation. Trash has a huge impact on our climate,” said Slack.He said the goal of PAYT is not just to increase recycling but also to drive down trash. He said 147 communities have implemented PAYT successfully.“There’s a way to make it revenue neutral so the average resident gets back what they paid in,” he said.Slack concluded his presentation by presenting a petition to the Selectmen with 121 signatures from residents in support of PAYT.Energy Committee Chairman Roger Colton, who also supports PAYT, gave a presentation explaining how PAYT could be implemented once a trash collection system is in place. He recommended rolling it out in 2019 to eliminate conflict with the new collection system.“It would be administratively infeasible to implement automated and PAYT simultanesiouly,” said Colton.Public Works Director Jay Marcotte said he recommended selectmen support the 64-gallon barrel. He said Burlington went from the current trash collection method Belmont has to an automated system with a 64-gallon barrel and has seen a 24 percent reduction in trash generated by residents. He said a similar change in Belmont would keep the town’s streets neat and tidy and reduce the town’s cost of trash collection.Residents voice concerns about PAYT and automated collectionLi... (Wicked Local Belmont)
BEDFORD (CBS) – Some Boy Scouts cleaning up trash along the Concord River in Bedford found more than they were expecting.While picking up litter near the Bedford Boat Ramp along route 225, the scouts saw something suspicious.Police arrived around 11:00 am and confirmed that the scouts had found a body.Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Bedford Police Chief Robert Bongiorno say the death is being treated as “suspicious.”The Bedford Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack involved in the clean-up said that the body was found during their annual clean-up project.“Scouts from a local Bedford Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack participated in the annual Beautify Bedford cleanup day today. This annual event helps keep public and conservation areas clean,” the Scouts said. “During this event, a small group of youths along with adult volunteers encountered something that appeared suspicious and out of place. The group appropriately notified the local police department.”The body was transpo... (CBS Boston / WBZ)
