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Shoppers prepared for the worst from the impending snowstorm at Market Basket in Salem.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

DeeAnne Walker of Salem waited in the crowded checkout line as shoppers prepared for the worst from the impending snow.

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Chris Oppenberg of Andover Small Engine Service assembled a home generator for a customer in Andover.

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A worker walked up toward a plow smoothing a large salt pile at Eastern Salt Company in Chelsea.

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Salt was loaded into a pickup truck at Eastern Salt Company.