The Federal Emergency Management Agency is revising hours and locations of its Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) and Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers (MDRC) in New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.

Some will be closing, while others will have limited days and hours. The MDRCs travel from location to location and offer the same services at the DRCs.

“We keep our disaster recovery centers open until we feel they are no longer critical in a given area,” said Federal Coordinating Officer Philip E. Parr. “Hurricane Irene left a huge amount of damage in its wake, quickly followed by Tropical Storm Lee. FEMA has to deploy people where they are needed most and often to places where we are still addressing serious problems.”

Officials are also reminding residents that they have about 30 days left to register for aid.

DRCs closing

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Authorities in Berkshire County say a 46-year-old man was hospitalized after he approached a police officer with a knife and was shot in the chest.

Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless says Keith Carnute of Pittsfield was in guarded but stable condition Thursday at Berkshire Medical Center, where he underwent surgery after Wednesday's incident.

Capeless said two women walking their dogs called 911 to report they'd spotted a body in the road in a heavily wooded, remote area of Lanesborough.

Lanesborough Police Officer Timothy Sorrell and firefighters who responded found Carnute on the edge of the road. They say Carnute ignored Sorrell's commands to drop his knife, and that the officer fired when Carnute advanced toward him.

The incident remained under investigation Thursday and no charges had been filed.

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