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CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 21: Trays of pre-Thanksgiving meals await delivery to hungry guests' tables November 21, 2002 at the Columbus Park Refectory in Chicago. Some 300 senior citizens and disabled residents from the Austin community on Chicago's West Side were treated to a pre-Holiday Thanksgiving dinner, served by dozens of Chicago Police volunteers and community members at the Columbus Park Refectory in Chicago. The Austin Police District has been hosting this Thanksgiving feast as a way to honor senior citizens in the community for the past 18 years. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

How To Help Our Neighbors In The Merrimack Valley Have A Thanksgiving

Julie Devereaux November 16th, 2018

Even though the gas line explosions aren’t leading the evening newscasts anymore, many of the people in the Merrimack Valley are still living without heat and hot water.

I’m sure the gas company is working as quickly, safely and efficiently as they can to restore service.

We’ve had a lot of rain, colder temperatures and now snow. The date effected residents of Andover, North Andover and Lawrence are told they’ll have heat and hot water is December 16.

In the meantime people’s lives have been upended. Some are temporarily living in trailers, cooking on hotplates, showering in cold water and heating their place with portable space heaters.

Thanksgiving is less than a week away.

This woman is doing something about it. Help her out if you can. There’s a ‘go fund me’ link included at the end of this story.

Introducing: MA DUKE!

'Ma Duke' to serve Thanksgiving meals to hundreds displaced in Lawrence

DANVERS - Hundreds of Lawrence residents impacted by the September gas explosions will have Thanksgiving meals this holiday season, thanks to local volunteers. Every year Debby Marticio of Danvers holds a Thanksgiving dinner for thousands of people, and coordinates home deliveries for those that need it.

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