Two More Towns To Get Tornado Aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has added Southbridge and Sturbridge to the list of communities that can receive assistance in repairing public facilities damaged in the June 1 tornadoes.
Focus Shifts To Rebuilding After Tornadoes
Four weeks after the devastating tornadoes in portions of Western Massachusetts, the focus is slowly shifting from emergency relief efforts to rebuilding plans.
Free Legal Help Offered To Tornado Victims
Victims of the tornadoes that ripped through Central and Western Massachusetts this month are being offered free legal advice from attorneys in a disaster relief dial-a-lawyer program.
Feds Opening Tornado Aid Centers In Mass.
Federal disaster officials said they plan to open nine assistance centers in the regions of Massachusetts affected by tornadoes.
Mass. Tornado Claims Rise; More Funding Offered
The financial toll from tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller communities has risen dramatically.
PeoplesBank To Contribute $200K To Tornado Relief Plans
Holyoke’s PeoplesBank has launched a tornado relief plan that combines $200,000 in targeted financial support along with a variety of volunteer efforts.
TD Bank Donating $20K To Aid Tornado Victims
The TD Charitable Foundation will donate $20,000 to the American Red Cross of Central and Western Massachusetts in order to aid victims of last week’s tornadoes.
Homeowners Seek $90M For Tornado Damage
Homeowners in Western Massachusetts have already filed $90 million in insurance claims for damages caused by tornadoes that ravaged Springfield and several smaller communities last week.
United Bank Set To ‘Lend’ A Hand To Western Mass.
In the wake of life-altering storms, West Springfield-based United Bank is offering help the best way it knows how: Loans.
Storm Hammers Springfield Commercial District
Tenants in the many small business offices, local shops and eateries in Springfield’s South End were left with nowhere to operate after buildings were devastated by Wednesday’s tornadoes.
Damaged Listings Leave Agents, Clients In Limbo
Gerry Marafioti, a sales agent with Coldwell Banker in East Longmeadow, was supposed to be holding a broker open house on Thursday.
Tornadoes Toss Real Estate Appraisals Up In Air
Hours before severe storms and tornadoes tore through central and Western Massachusetts last week, Peter Mitchell, a real estate appraiser in East Brookfield, appraised a house in Wilbraham.
Hampden Registry’s Flexibility Helps Save Local Church
Timothy Reilly doesn’t usually race to the Westfield branch of the Hampden County Register of Deeds to file loan refinancing documents, but after tornado damage closed the Springfield office, he bolted to Westfield late Thursday afternoon.
Local Realtors Banding Together To Begin Rebuilding
At the Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley’s technology education event on Thursday, vendors were displaying their wares, the chocolate chip cookie platter was attracting plenty of takers and local realtors were lining up to learn more about how to use their iPads.
Environmental Workers Hoping To Lessen Impact Of Tornadoes
State and federal agencies are responding to the damage wrought by Wednesday’s tornado in Western Massachusetts by hosing down destroyed properties before they are demolished to prevent the spread of airborne asbestos and other hazardous materials.
Quick Contractor Work Helps Save Animal Lives
Downed trees line the courtyard of the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society and some limbs are still scattered around the interior, but the courtyard itself is otherwise clean – thanks to volunteers and staffers with shovels and rakes working outside.
Hungry First Responders Fueled By Country Bank
After last week’s violent storms, Paul Scully, CEO of Ware-based Country Bank, found it fairly easy to get past police roadblocks in tornado-damaged towns in Western Massachusetts.
A Monson Home Destroyed By The Storm
This is where one Monson home once stood.
Citizens Bank Donating $75K To Support Tornado Victims
Boston-based Citizens Bank has donated $75,000 to the nonprofit, HAPHousing, to support tornado victims in Springfield and other parts of Western Massachusetts.
United Bank To Donate More Than $100K For Relief In Tornado-Ravaged Areas
West Springfield-based United Bank has announced it will donate a minimum of $105,000 to local nonprofits that will aid tornado relief efforts in Massachusetts.
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