VETERANS

The letter writing initiative began during the pandemic when visits to the Holyoke Soldiers' Home were limited.

The Massachusetts auditor this week released a report saying state officials aren't doing enough to serve women veterans.

Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers have agreed on a bill that would reform oversight, management requirements and crisis response at state-run long-term care facilities for veterans.

The veterans medical center in Leeds, Massachusetts, had been recommended for closure in a March federal report, sparking anxiety and protests.

Donald 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.

Thomas Belton, a former marine who served in the Vietnam War, reflects on his service at annual wreath laying ceremony in Springfield.

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.

At least 76 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, died after a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

Most of the state's congressional delegation signed a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to a recent federal report

The 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneerswere celebrated at City Hall in Springfield and Holyoke, Massachusetts.