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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) – A Guatemalan man has left Massachusetts church he lived in for more than three years to avoid deportation after being granted a reprieve from federal immigration officials. Lucio Perez stepped out of the First Congregational Church in Amherst on Saturday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently stayed his deportation. Perez was among more than 70 immigrants nationwide who took sanctuary in churches during President Donald Trump’s administration. He and his family were joined outside the church by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern and other local elected officials.
(Holyoke, MA) State lawmakers today will hear about a $400-million dollar request to build a new Holyoke Soldiers Home. A virtual hearing by a joint committee will be held today at 10:30. John Paradis of the Holyoke Soldiers Home Coalition says members will be there to push for immediate passage of the Baker Admi
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HOLYOKE, Mass. (Tribune News Service) All Francis “Skip” Hennessy wanted for Christmas was a ride home. The 82-year-old U.S. Army veteran settled in at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke in late 2019. His mobility deteriorated after a fall. Mild dementia had taken hold. His daughter was comforted when her father won a bed at his twilight home of choice after 10 months on a waiting list. Initially, his move to the state-run facility was a bit rough. Staff were caring, albeit a little scant. The rooms were slightly cramped and threadbare. But by Christmas 2019 Hennessy donned a Santa hat and joined in the home’s holiday festivities, according to his daughter, Erin Schadel. Guilt over placing her father in a nursing home was replaced by relief.