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A woman who rescued foxes near a Leominster mall says that rat poison is to blame. 

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A year has passed since a major flooding emergency impacted Leominster, Massachusetts. On Sept. 11, 2023, it just kept raining. Paul Maguy was home, watching the water rise rapidly before he and his wife couldn’t wait any longer, evacuating with the rest of his neighborhood. “Within an hour, we were totally underwater here,” Maguy said. “It was a tough day,…

It has been one year since a storm caused extreme flash flooding in Worcester County, with Leominster being hit especially hard.

A man is accused of trying to enter a hospital in Leominster, Massachusetts, with a gun on Monday. The incident happened at about 2:43 p.m. at Leominster Hospital, according to Leominster police, who said the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Darius Webb, was denied entry at a security checkpoint. Webb, of Holden, then allegedly made “threatening communications” before leaving the scene…

After severe flooding last year and some back and forth with the federal government, some FEMA aid will be awarded to Leominster residents trying to clean up the damage.

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A pedestrian was injured in a crash in Leominster, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning. Leominster police say they responded to Graham Street shortly before 9 a.m. after a pedestrian was hit by a car. Police were still on scene an hour later, with red and yellow police tape sectioning off a good portion of the road where a silver sedan was parked….

FEMA originally denied the state’s request for aid for Worcester and Bristol counties after the catastrophic flooding last September, but Gov. Maura Healey appealed and it was approved by President Biden earlier this month.

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It wasn’t that long ago that a September storm ripped through Bristol and Worcester counties, leaving behind nothing but turmoil in parts of Massachusetts. Now, there’s help for people who were impacted. For people like the homeowners here on Pleasant Street in Leominster – whose property was damaged so severely from that September rainstorm that they haven’t been able...

Months after flooding hit Leominster, Massachusetts, President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration, reversing a prior FEMA decision.

President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that will help two Massachusetts communities affected by last year’s storm that caused severe flash flooding — reversing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision in February. The storm impacted residents in Bristol and Worcester counties from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13, 2023. The severe flash flooding trapped people in their cars, left behind buckled…

A Massachusetts man has been charged with murder and two others are being charged with assault and battery in connection with the stabbing death of a 20-year-old man in Leominster on Tuesday. Juan Diaz Contreras, 19, was arrested without incident on Thursday night at his home in Fitchburg after police sought a warrant for his arrest, the Worcester District Attorney’s…

A 20-year-old man was killed in the Riverside Village Apartment complex early Tuesday. 

A man died after being stabbed outside of an apartment complex in Leominster, Massachusetts, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The stabbing occurred at about 1 a.m. outside the Riverside Village Apartment complex on State Street, according to the district attorney’s office. The 20-year-old man, identified by authorities as Robert Day, of Leominster, was taken to the...

A man is dead and a woman arrested after a domestic incident Wednesday in Leominster, Massachusetts, officials said. The woman was identified as Jami Parker, 28. Investigators believe she shot her boyfriend in the head during an argument at her home on Main Street at the intersection of Keystone Drive. Parker called 911 to report the shooting, requesting an ambulance…

Months after severe flooding washed through homes, taking out roadway and causing millions of dollars in damage, the city of Leominster has learned they will not be receiving federal help. FEMA announced the decision earlier this week, and it’s left residents confused and frustrated. “We were told the damage needs to be $3 million countywide, or $ 12 million statewide….

Leominster was inundated by heavy rains in September, washing out roads, flooding basements and even wiping away a section of train tracks. Despite that damage, the city has been denied FEMA aid for the repairs.

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Sure, we all know about Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his musically inclined girlfriend. But it’s another tight end Chiefs who’s been making a difference here in New England. Noah Gray rose from a Leominster High School starter for his four years on the Massachusetts gridiron, from 2013 to 2017, and is now going for his second-straight…

Noah Gray spent four years playing football at Leominster High School, where he’s still remembered as an all-star — on and off the field. Now he’s getting ready for his second-straight Super Bowl, and his coaches say he hasn’t forgotten where he comes from.

Another powerful storm is hitting Massachusetts Tuesday and Wednesday, with melting snowpack and plenty of more rain combining for flooding, and strong winds likely to cause power outages. Our team coverage visits the Merrimack Valley and Leominster, two places recently hit by bad flooding, to see how they were preparing.

It was a race against Mother Nature in Leominster Tuesday, to try and clear the last round of snow she dumped on city before the next round of heavy rain moves in later in the day. Officials across New England were warning about flood potential from the coming mix of melting snow and heavy rain, few more urgently than areas…