As strike goes on, impact on Stop & Shop is increasing

Watertown-04/16/2019 Stop & Shop workers are on strike. At the Stop & Shop Pleasant Street location shopping carts and empty registers. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(business)

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

The nearly week-old strike by 31,000 unionized Stop & Shop workers is clearly having an effect on the company in the form of barren shelves, stores without customers, and even locations that are closed altogether.

At the Stop & Shop on Watertown?s Pleasant Street, the store was mostly empty Tuesday except for one employee walking near the Easter display.

Stop & Shop president apologizes directly to customers in e-mail

The company?s president sent an e-mail to customers in which he apologized ?for the inconvenience that the strike has caused our loyal customers.?

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The James Beard award nominee?s West Side establishment is mature, focused, and intimate.

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One day after a memorial service for the rapper, Laura Ingraham zeroed in on a song to offer her own laughter-filled analysis of his legacy last week.

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Thousands of women had sued the company alleging the surgical mesh caused extreme discomfort.

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They?re doing all right. More than all right, in fact.

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East Freetown 04/05/19 : Nick Memmo (cq) in the living room area of his East Freetown home. Memmo mistakenly received a 86 inch screen tv along with the 74 inch (behind him) he ordered from Amazon. He was later arrested on charges of larceny.Photo for the Boston Globe by Debee Tlumacki (metro)

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

A delivery truck mistakenly brought an 86-inch TV to his home ? then the cops took him to jail

Nick Memmo was surprised and then happy that he received a huge flat screen TV that he hadn?t ordered. ?I thought it was my turn to luck out on something in life,? he said.

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Yankees 8, Red Sox 0

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CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

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People attended a vigil in Paris on Tuesday after Monday?s fire at Notre Dame.

Macron wants fire-ravaged Notre Dame rebuilt within 5 years

After an inferno raged through Notre Dame Cathedral for more than 12 hours, a frantic rescue effort saved the monument?s ??most precious treasures.??

Photographs show the steeple before and after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

These photos show the destruction and beauty of the Notre Dame Cathedral

The photos show smoky debris in front of the altar cross at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley blessed the palms during Palm Sunday Mass at the renovated Holy Cross Cathedral in the South End.

O?Malley praises South End cathedral renovations

The cardinal said the fixup could prevent a fire like the one that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday.

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123rd Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon was a first for its last runner

Red Hilton of East Bridgewater crossed the line at Boylston Street more than nine hours after she started

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Video of Marine veteran crawling across Boston Marathon finish line goes viral

The image of the Marine veteran crawling across the Boston Marathon finish line quickly became one of the most memorable ? and talked about ? moments of this year?s race.

Officials at the Marathon start line Monday, April 15, 2019. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Monday?s changeable weather was challenging for Marathon planners

?We put the runners through more climate changes than a trip around the world,? said BAA CEO Tom Grilk.

JOHN POWERS | ON MARATHONING

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Scott Fauble and Jared Ward both broke 2:10, giving them a nice head start toward the Olympics.

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JEFF JACOBY

Those imprisoned for breaking laws should have no say in making laws

Society punishes convicted felons by denying them control over their own affairs. Letting them exercise control over society?s affairs by voting would be irrational and unjust.

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Americans shouldn?t have to spend hundreds of millions on tax preparation services.

Ideas | Brandon Keim

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REBECCA PACHECO

Let?s ditch the diets and the cleanses in favor of a healthier perspective this swimsuit season

I?m tired of mind-body content that equates thinness with health and implicitly helps to veil the weight loss machine with wellness parlance.

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, actor Ryan Reynolds poses at a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Reynolds has been named Man of the Year by Harvard Universityâ??s Hasty Pudding student theatrical group. The actor who played the title role in 2016â??s â??Deadpoolâ?? will be roasted by the student group before being getting his pudding pot on Feb. 3. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ryan Reynolds will film a movie in the Boston area this spring

Massachusetts residents will soon have another superhero actor in their midst.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

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