Goffstown News : flood victim

Goffstown may reapply for FEMA aid

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:29:00 GMT

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)

Residents prepare for possible return of floods

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:11:00 GMT

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)

Many in Goffstown were relying on FEMA buyout

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:10:00 GMT

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)

FEMA won’t offer buyouts

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:05:00 GMT

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)

Herod family is finally home

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:08:00 GMT

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)

Home at last

Goffstown Editor — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:07:00 GMT

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)