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An older lobsterman passed by Tanner Lazaro as he hauled up his traps in his boat, Used N Abused, on Aug. 24. During the summer Tanner hauled his own traps on whatever days his mentor Frankie Thompson or another lobsterman didn't need his help.
Part 1

THE LOBSTER TRAP

The plentiful catch that brought wealth to fishing families is at risk, as climate change warms the Gulf of Maine. A way of life is on the line, but lobstermen can't, or won't, imagine another.
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The lobster trap
The climate disaster that Maine fishermen dread is not some far-off, half-formed threat. It’s here. ( Video produced and edited by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Reporting by Penelope Overton/Portland Press Herald, Jenna Russell/Globe Staff, Cinematography by Chaney Carlson-Bullock and Mikayla Litevich/Special to the Globe, Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff, Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff )
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The filming of 'Hocus Pocus 2' began on Federal Hill in Providence on Friday and will continue through the weekend.

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