Holyoke Soldiers' Home

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced her office will appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss all criminal charges against two former administrators at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where at least 76 veterans died last year in a COVID-19 outbreak.

No "reasonably trustworthy evidence" that officials' actions harmed veterans

Hampden Superior Court Judge Edward McDonoughhas dismissed the criminal charges against two former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers Home over their handling of a COVID-19 outbreak that killed at least 76 veterans last year.

Governor Charlie Baker says Massachusetts will implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for long-term care staffers across the state. Baker’s administration…

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker answered questions about his administration’s handling of the deadly Holyoke Soldiers’ Home coronavirus outbreak that…

Tricia Farley-Bouvier is the 3rd Berkshire District State Representative, representing much of Pittsfield, Massachusetts for the past decade. The Democrat…

Holyoke Soldiers’ Home trustees will reopen the search for a new superintendent to lead the facility that was devastated by the coronavirus in the spring…

For more than a year, WAMC has been covering the devastating COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. Eventually, 76 residents — including many…

The Massachusetts legislature is being asked to act with uncharacteristic speed to authorize constructing a new Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke. The Secretary…

A grassroots coalition is lobbying for more beds in a proposed replacement to the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home – the long term care facility where at least 76…