The Holyoke Police Department and a Good Samaritan assisted with the raccoon rescue in Holyoke, Mass. Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

A Palm Beach County woman is recovering after being attacked by a raccoon in her own backyard.It happened in the PGA National Community in Palm Beach Gardens when Gayl Heinz was getting ready for ...