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• Goffstown may reapply for FEMA aid

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The town is forming a committee of residents from the Lynchville and Danis Park areas as the first step toward a second application for flood buyouts. The committee will collect information on flood damages for the application. The first Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:29 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, flood victim, flooding, FEMA

• Residents prepare for possible return of floods

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Residents who have already braved two severe floods are hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst. Last week they met with Gov. John Lynch as he toured neighborhoods in Goffstown at risk of flooding this spring. Several residents Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:11 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, flood victim, flooding

• Many in Goffstown were relying on FEMA buyout

  BY STEPHEN BEALE For Jennifer Eaton, it was too good to be true. At age 19, she and her boyfriend had been approved for a mortgage, allowing them to buy a three-room house with an unobstructed view of the meandering Piscataquog River close by. One night, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:10 PM by Goffstown Editor | 8 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, flood victim, flooding, FEMA

• FEMA won’t offer buyouts

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Residents hoping to escape from twiceflooded homes near the Piscataquog River won’t be getting any help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The town has learned that homeowners are not eligible for buyouts from FEMA, according Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, flood victim, Piscataquog River, FEMA

• Herod family is finally home

  By Michelle Kim GOFFSTOWN – For the Herod family, there truly is no place like home. A year and a half after being driven out of their Danis Park home in the Mother’s Day floods, the Herods were finally able to move back home, into a brand-new Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:08 PM by Goffstown Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, flood victim, charity, home

• Home at last

  Flood victim gets a new house in time for new year BY ROD HANSEN Like many elaborate gifts, Matthew Poulin’s Christmas present required some assembly this year. But when all the pieces have been snapped together, Poulin will have something he’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:07 PM by Goffstown Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Goffstown, Merrimack Valley, flood victim