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A chance encounter led to some good news for a Connecticut mom whose home collapsed during the deadly flooding that struck parts of the state on Sunday.

President Joe Biden has approved a federal emergency declaration for Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties after historic rainfall over the weekend. Gov. Ned Lamont asked the president and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for assistance after Sunday’s significant rainfall. The request comes after Lamont declared a civil preparedness emergency in response to the flooding on Monday. It’s the...

Oxford is delaying the start of school because of damage from the heavy rains and flooding on Sunday. School was supposed to start on Aug. 28, but several roads remain closed, the superintendent said, the streets are not safe for buses to travel on and bus companies will need to develop new routes. Dr. Robert Miller, the superintendent of schools,…

A community in Massachusetts that’s at a “critical risk level” for EEE is considering taking drastic action. Officials in Oxford are looking at joining neighboring communities in implementing a controversial solution.

As more mosquitoes test positive for Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, one Massachusetts community is considering taking drastic action to keep residents safe. Officials in Oxford have a controversial solution that limits risk but could ruin a lot of plans. Four towns — Douglas, Oxford, Sutton and Webster — are at critical risk for the mosquito-borne illness after a man in his 80s contracted...

Randi Marcucio’s home collapsed after floodwaters eroded the ground around it during Sunday’s catastrophic flooding.

The community in Oxford continues to grapple with the death of two residents following devastating flooding in the town Sunday. We spoke to the husband of one of the victims, Stephen Rostkowski, and though declining a formal interview, he remembered his wife as a nature lover, and someone who loved her job as a pet groomer. He said her loss…

A single mother in Oxford is trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces after her home collapsed due to Sunday’s historic rainfall and flooding. The home on East Hill Road sat next to a small creek that turned into a raging river on Sunday. Homeowner Randi Marcucio said she watched helplessly as the water kept rising....

It’s going to take a long time for Oxford to recover from the devastation from flooding. And just getting around town right now is not easy with numerous detours. Driving into Oxford a day after torrential rain fell, you can still pass through standing water on roads and see the effects of raging currents. “A stunning amount of damage....

Two women are dead after what town officials call “historic, unprecedented flooding” in Oxford on Sunday. State police have identified the women as 65-year-old Ethelyn Joiner and 71-year-old Audrey Rostkowski, both of Oxford. Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pelletier said firefighters responded to get one of the women out of a vehicle when the car shifted in the flooding and she…

State police have identified the two men who were found dead in a burning vehicle in Oxford last week. State police said 36-year-old David J. Rivera and 39-year-old Carlos O. Calderon were found dead in a vehicle on Route 34 in Oxford on the morning of May 30. They were both from Hartford. The office of the chief medical examiner…

A criminal charge against a convicted sex offender connected to a foster “house of horrors” in Oxford, Massachusetts, has been dropped. Ray Blouin was facing a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. The alleged victim said when he was a young boy Blouin would put his hands in the boy’s underwear and fondle him. Multiple…

A Worcester man is dead after a single-car crash in Oxford, Massachusetts, on Friday night. Massachusetts State Police say they responded to a crash on Route 395 southboun­­d, near exit 4, at around 10 p.m. Authorities say a 1998 Jeep Wrangler had left the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire. Thirty-one-year-old Shawn Marengo was pronounced dead at the scene,…

WARNING: This story contains information that is graphic in nature and could be disturbing to some. A heartbroken mother says the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families killed her adult daughter. Cheryl Gaulin blames the DCF for the death of her daughter, Kristine, last year, as well as and the state-licensed foster home she was in as a child. “They…

Four people abused as children at the hands of foster parents in a Massachusetts-licensed foster home decades ago are set to receive $7 million in a settlement with the Department of Children and Families and social workers, their lawyer announced Friday.