James Mandeville News Today

To start this hour by wishing you all a safe and healthy memorial day. Start by catching up on the latest facts. Right now our country has more than 1. 6 million known coronavirus cases, were approaching another difficult milestone this morning as well, the virus has killed more than 98,000 americans so far. And on this memorial day President Trump paying his respects to americans who have died in service to their country. This hour the president will leave the white house for baltimore. He will...

HOLYOKE — Some 28 months after a massive COVID-19 outbreak swept through the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, killing at least 76 veteran residents of the facility, state lawmakers have passed legislation reorganizing the governance and structure at the...

As the deadline nears for surviving family members and veterans who survived the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke to apply for shares of a $56 million settlement with the state, former U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern is preparing to be the gatekeeper.

"There should be more accountability," Laurie Beaudette said.

U.S. Army veteran Francis “Skip” Hennessy’s advancing dementia occasionally prevents him from recognizing his daughter behind the masks that visitors are still required to wear to the facility, but he still remembers the pall of death during the coronavirus outbreak of 2020.

HOLYOKE — When Kara Kapinos’ 91-year-old father, Ted, was dying of COVID-19 in 2020, she wasn’t able to get into the Soldiers’ Home, where he lived, to say goodbye. She and her husband had to wait in the parking lot while her mom, Helen, was granted...

A $56 million settlement has been reached between Massachusetts and plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit related to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Attorneys for Bennett Walsh, former superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, and Dr. David Clinton, the facility’s former medical director, argued that the charges against them in connection with resident deaths during a COVID-19 outbreak should be dropped because neither man was directly responsible for day-to-day, hands-on treatment of patients.

Late last month, as Gov. Charlie Baker was visiting Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield for the groundbreaking of an infrastructure project, Laurie Mandeville Beaudette was planning a get-together with close friends and family members.“Here’s...

Late last month, as Gov. Charlie Baker was visiting Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield for the groundbreaking of an infrastructure project, Laurie Mandeville Beaudette was planning a get-together with close friends and family members.“Here’s...