As a once-in-century hurricane barrels closer towards Florida’s west coast, one Massachusetts representative says Congress “must stand ready” to approve emergency funding “without delay.”
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State provides flood relief after FEMA denies appeal
LEOMINSTER — With FEMA’s recent denial of the state’s appeal for city flood funds, the Healey administration decided last week to provide over $3 million of the state’s reserves to help Leominster cover the costs of damages from September’s flooding. According to a release from state Sen. John Cronin and state Rep. Natalie Higgins, the […]
City celebrates 13th annual DPW Day
FITCHBURG — Hundreds took advantage of a warm summer afternoon on Wednesday for the city’s 13th annual DPW Day, the celebration of public works rigs that consistently draws a crowd. Many of the vehicles on display were “big rigs,” like dump trucks and plow trucks, and kids played in the immense sandpile created for the […]
Delegation: FEMA excluded costs in disaster review
LEOMINSTER — Members of the state’s Congressional delegation added their voices Wednesday to Gov. Maura Healey’s appeal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of a major disaster declaration for strong storms that flooded the city and many others throughout the state. “Recognizing that the flooding has strained finances, time, and resources for some of […]
US Rep. Jim McGovern slams denial of disaster declaration
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is blasting the Biden administration for denying Gov. Maura Healey’s request for a major disaster declaration in Bay State communities hit hard by “devastating floods” last September.
Biden denies Leominster FEMA disaster aid for flood
LEOMINSTER — After months of damage forms, data collection, applications, and consultants, the city received some unwelcome news Monday night. Officials learned that President Joe Biden had decided not to sign the disaster declaration for the city and FEMA officials had determined that the Sept. 11 flood had not caused damage of “such severity and […]
