FEMA originally denied the state's request for aid for Worcester and Bristol counties after the catastrophic flooding last September, but Gov. Maura Healey.
The Healey administration has formally appealed the Federal Emergency Management Agency's denial of the governor's request for a major disaster declaration to.
It may have lost this skirmish, but Leominster’s quest for federal disaster aid is far from over. After months of damage forms, data collection, applications, and consultants, Leominster expected better news than what the city received Monday night.
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is blasting the Biden administration for denying Gov. Healey’s request for a major disaster declaration in Bay State communities hit hard by “devastating floods” last September.
It may have lost this skirmish, but Leominster’s quest for federal disaster aid is far from over. After months of damage forms, data collection, applications, and consultants, Leominster expected better news than what the city received Monday night.