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.
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.
Being without a state-funded disaster safety net – the case in Massachusetts – leaves individuals, businesses and municipalities relying on the federal government to provide aid for which they might not qualify. But now there’s word that a new state fund to help with recovering from increasingly severe natural calamities could soon be created. After […]