(Bloomberg) -- A trash collector strike in the Boston area is entering its fifth week with no resolution in sight, leading to overflowing dumpsters, exasperated politicians and a string of lawsuits.

It’s bad enough to imagine the unsightly, unhealthy, stinking-to-high-heaven fallout from a garbage workers’ strike in mid-summer in hot and humid Boston. But, well, Boston is 3,000 miles from here, ...

The annual September 1 move-in rush, known as "Allston Christmas," has come and gone. However, streets in neighborhoods like Allston and South Boston are still lined with trash and discarded furniture ...

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