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'Be as objective and fair as I can': Soldiers' Home claims administrator on process to divvy up $56MDonald Stern, a former U.S. attorney in Massachusetts, is the court-appointed claims administrator in charge of dispersing the $56 million settlement among residents of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home who contracted and suffered from COVID-19.
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Thomas Belton, a former marine who served in the Vietnam War, reflects on his service at annual wreath laying ceremony in Springfield.
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Governor Charlie Baker said he wants to provide closure for families of those veterans. At least 76 veterans died amid the outbreak there in 2020.
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At least 76 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, died after a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.
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Most of the state's congressional delegation signed a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to a recent federal report
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The 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneerswere celebrated at City Hall in Springfield and Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed different versions of bills changing the management structure for the two state-run veterans' homes. On Wednesday, the effort began to come up with compromise legislation.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recommended the closing of the Northampton, Massachusetts medical center in a report earlier in March as part of a larger restructuring.
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The VA says services provided in Northampton would be shifted to Springfield and Newington, Connecticut — and to outside providers.
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The Massachusetts Senate approved a suite of management and oversight reforms to address two state-run veterans' homes where they say more than 100 residents died amid outbreaks of the highly infectious virus.