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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.
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The primary medical care site for veterans in western Massachusetts would be closed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under a proposed plan that’s expected to be released next week.
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“I Am More” is a traveling exhibit of pastel portraits and essays that shows how people with chronic illness, trauma or disabilities are more than just what others might see.
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The Massachusetts House passed legislation Thursday reforming governance structures and oversight for the state's two soldiers' homes that supporters say will implement best care practices for veterans and prevent tragedies like the fatal COVID outbreak in Holyoke two years ago.
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The bill is said to draw "a lot of influence" from a reform package that was compiled after a legislative investigation into a fatal COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in spring 2020.
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The move by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey seeks to reverse the dismissal of indictments against former Superintendent Bennett Walsh of Springfield and Dr. David Clinton of South Hadley, the home's former medical director.