Interviews with flood survivors, state and local officials and current and former FEMA employees reveals a pattern of administrative bloat at a federal agency that, to many Vermonters, seemed less interested in providing assistance than in finding ways to reject requests for aid.
“We didn’t know how long 'temporary' was going to be,” said Janine McLauchlan, head of the Robert Frost Public Charter School in Conway, NH which lost its first-floor classrooms during the flood.
-
The service refers callers to housing and health resources. To get back to being 24/7, it needed an extra $332,000 allocated by the Vermont Legislature.
-
New Hampshire’s public health division is looking into a report of an international traveler contracting measles shortly after visiting the town of Hanover.
-
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved a construction and operations plan for New England Wind 1 and 2, formerly called Park City Wind and Commonwealth Wind.
-
Researchers say more people are coming forward with symptoms than might have in the past.
-
Starting July 1, dozens of new laws – including some from previous legislative sessions – are officially in effect in Connecticut.
-
Connecticut artists are embracing zine culture, producing vibrant and diverse publications that give a platform to voices that otherwise might be overlooked.
-
The 80th remembrance of "the day the clowns cried" harkens back to a terrible — and very preventable — Connecticut tragedy under the big top.
-
Connecticut Public announced it is laying off four full-time and several temporary employees. The public broadcaster said in a statement that expenses "have grown at rates that have exceeded revenues for the last few years."