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Members of the unions that represent workers at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home have issued a statement of no confidence in a decision by state officials to allow...
AGAWAM — During an assembly at Doering School last week that honored veterans ahead of Memorial Day, Navy veteran Duane Goddard became emotional at times.
Idaho veterans home administrator Rick Holloway is trustees’ pick for Holyoke Soldiers’ Home superintendent Updated Apr 01, 2021; HOLYOKE — Pending a final nod by Gov. Charlie Baker, Rick Holloway, administrator for a state veterans home in Boise, Idaho, will head east as the new superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke. Holloway prevailed over another finalist, Robert Engell, a Longmeadow resident and administrator of the Overlook Masonic Health Care Center in Charlton. Members of the selection committee agreed both candidates were qualified, but more than one said they saw H...
2 weeks ago in Local Photo: WHMP (Undated) — – Massachusetts was on track to receive more than 100,000 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week. Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that the extra 100,000 doses will let more Massachusetts residents get fully vaccinated faster than those who receive the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. But hours later came word that workers at Emergent BioSolutions’ Baltimore plant accidentally spoiled about 15 million doses of the J and J vaccine several weeks ago. The Massachusetts COVID Command Cen...
National Guard Col. Michael Lazo named acting superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Updated Dec 16, 2020; HOLYOKE — Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke trustees on Wednesday beat back an effort by state officials to name a new acting superintendent for the facility, instead voting unanimously to appoint their own pick. National Guard Col. Michael Lazo, the new chief operating officer for the beleaguered state-run home for veterans, will replace outgoing interim administrator Val Liptak as she heads back to her post as CEO of Western Massachusetts Hospital on Dec. 20. All seven board members v...