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By CHRIS LISINSKI

One of the Legislature’s point people on veterans’ affairs threw his support behind a campaign to give service members a bigger role in Massachusetts Democratic Party conventions.Sen. John Velis of Westfield, who co-chairs the Veterans and Federal...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Dennis Thresher, an Air Force veteran who served the United States from 1950 to 1954, was at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke when he contracted COVID-19 in 2020, was hospitalized with the illness four times and died from pneumonia in January...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Five initiatives supporting veterans of all walks of life are included in the state’s $56 billion fiscal year 2024 budget that Gov. Maura Healey signed into law on Wednesday.The budget includes around $1.7 million for programs championed by state Sen....

By DOMENIC POLI

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the end of the Vietnam War, about 300,000 American military veterans have died from exposure to Agent Orange. One of those fallen patriots was lifelong Erving resident Bruce L. Bezio, who died of lung cancer in September 2021,...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — The parents of Meaghan Burns, a U.S. corpsman killed by a peer four years ago, have organized a 5K this holiday weekend to honor all fallen American service members.Carolyn and Matthew Burns teamed with “wear blue: run to remember” to hold...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The homes of at least 10 local veterans will be repaired or modified by the end of 2023, thanks to a $25,000 grant from Meals on Wheels America with support from The Home Depot Foundation.LifePath, a nonprofit that provides programs and...

Ashfield ■A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 29, on the Town Common. In the event of rain, the ceremony will move inside Town Hall.■The Ashfield Historical Society will be hosting an art show. The “Art of Ashfield” series...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — For the first time since 2019, veterans have an opportunity to say their piece through poetry during the Warrior Writers open mic event, to be held at Poet’s Seat Tower on Saturday, May 27, at 2 p.m.Following a hiatus amid the COVID-19...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Criminal proceedings can proceed against two former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials accused of negligence that led to the deaths of dozens of veterans early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.In a 5-2 decision...

The Boston Bruins recently honored two Northfield combat veterans with their 8-Spoked Salute. At two games in November they honored Jim Whitcomb, a veteran of three tours of duty in Vietnam and Frank Froment, a veteran of the war in Iraq with 37 years...

By DOMENIC POLI

BUCKLAND — A former U.S. Marine is apologizing to his fellow veterans and the community at large after it was discovered he has embellished his military service and received medals and money he had not earned.Investigations by the Upper Pioneer Valley...