Bennett Walsh

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday that she is appealing the recent dismissal of grand jury indictments against two former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials in connection with their roles in the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the facility in 2020. Healey’s office said she filed her appeal in Hampden County Superior Court, seeking to reverse the dismissal of indictments against…

A Massachusetts state lawmaker is calling for Gov. Charlie Baker and other officials to appear before a Senate oversight hearing to answer questions about the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home last year. Sen. Diana DiZoglio, in a letter to Senate President Karen Spilka, said the hearing was necessary because an investigation into the outbreak commissioned by Baker…

A special committee of Massachusetts lawmakers released a lengthy and damaging report into what unfolded at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 77 veterans died from COVID-19 in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic

Massachusetts lawmakers released a lengthy and damaging report Monday night into what unfolded at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Massachusetts lawmakers released a lengthy and damaging report Monday night into what unfolded at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Lawmakers have released a report after dozens of veterans died from COVID-19 at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

A lawsuit has been filed connected to the COVID deaths of residents of a Holyoke veterans’ home.

The former superintendent and medical director of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in the deadly COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is pressing criminal charges against two former officials of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home for allegedly making a “deadly decision” that led to the COVID-19 outbreak there that killed dozens of elderly veterans. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent, and David Clinton, the former medial director, are facing felony charges related to their March 27 decision to…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration wrongfully fired the head of a home for aging veterans where nearly 80 people sickened with the coronavirus have died, a judge has ruled. The Hampden Superior Court judge’s ruling on Monday invalidates the firing of former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh, MassLive.com reported. Walsh was fired in June after investigators released a...

Gov. Charlie Baker announced a series of reforms after an investigation into a coronavirus outbreak that killed dozens at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.

Devastated family members are speaking out after a new report revealed horrifying conditions at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

A new report has been released in the investigation into a coronavirus outbreak that left 76 veterans dead at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.

A detailed investigation into the massive coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home was released Tuesday, which Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said showed an “abject failure” of leadership. Baker had commissioned former federal prosecutor Mark Pearlstein to investigate the causes of a coronavirus outbreak in the that lead to the deaths of at least 76 veterans and the infection of an…

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker addresses the COVID-19 report from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.