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Holyoke Morning Brief, Oct. 30: New veterans home opens after COVID deaths

Holyoke unveils new, state-of-the-art Soldiers' Home six years after COVID-era veteran deaths. Also in today's brief (1 items): New veterans home unveiled after COVID deaths.

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  • New veterans home unveiled after COVID deaths A new, state-of-the-art Soldiers' Home was unveiled in Holyoke on Thursday, six years after a COVID-19 outbreak killed dozens of veterans at the old facility. Western Mass News traced the project's path from crisis to completion in a companion report.NHPR

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