Town Accepts FEMA Grant to Cover Snowtober Costs

The Merrimack Town Council voted Thursday to accept a $152,250 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Administration as an eligible reimbursement from the October 2011 snow storm.

The FEMA category is at a reimbursement rate of 75 percent. The town spent about $203,000 for overall removal and cleanup, according to Finance Director Paul T. Micali.

Gov. John Lynch requested a presidential declaration, which was approved late last year, to help cover local and state damage assessments in the neighborhood of $3 million.

Hillsborough and Rockingham counties were the hardest hit in New Hampshire, and numerous roads were temporarily closed for fallen trees and hundreds of thousands of people lost power in the southern part of the state.