Attorney for Holyoke Soldiers' Home Veteran families talks about SJC ruling
A criminal case can continue against two former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home after more than 70 veterans died during the outbreak.
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A criminal case can continue against two former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home after more than 70 veterans died during the outbreak.
HATFIELD — A Florence teenager struck by a pickup truck in a remote cornfield in Hatfield died early Saturday morning at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Jesse Johansmeyer, 19, of Burts...
The driver of the white pickup truck that hit the 19-year-old left the scene.
The legislation promotes the Department of Veterans' Services to a Cabinet level office following settlement from fatal 2020 COVID outbreak
Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)(HOLYOKE, Mass.) -- Massachusetts has reached a $56 million settlement with the families of the dozens of veterans who died and were sickened during the Holyoke Soldiers' Home's widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the early months of the pandemic, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday. "The COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home was a terrible tragedy. While we know nothing can bring back those who were lost, we hope that this settlement brings a sense of closure to the loved ones of the veterans," Baker said in a press release. Tom...