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Preparing for the storm

September 01, 2016 12:00 am • Last Updated: September 01, 2016 7:47 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

Larry Facchini of Salem loads his truck with his lobster pots at the Dock Road Boat Launch in Waterford, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Facchini said he is pulling his 50 lobster pots out of the water a week earlier than the end of the lobster season, September 8, because of the storm this weekend. Facchini is a shore lobsterman where he sets his pots in shallow water and strong surf can crush the pots. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Larry Facchini of Salem loads his truck with his lobster pots at the Dock Road Boat Launch in Waterford, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Facchini said he is pulling his 50 lobster pots out of the water a week earlier than the end of the lobster season, September 8, because of the storm this weekend. Facchini is a shore lobsterman where he sets his pots in shallow water and strong surf can crush the pots.

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