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Rick Holloway, trustees’ pick for Holyoke Soldiers’ Home superintendent, backs off taking job, citing family concerns
Updated 8:51 PM;
HOLYOKE Rick Holloway, the Soldiers’ Home trustees’ pick to lead the state-run facility in the aftermath of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak, has backed off accepting the position, citing family concerns.
The trustees voted to offer Holloway the job in early April and Holloway accepted. Now, Holloway, administrator for a state veterans home in Idaho, said having two grandchildren on the way forced him to pull back on a start date.
“This is really disappointing. I was really excited to make this transition,” Holloway said, adding that he flew to Western Massachusetts last week to tour the facility and meet with Gov. Charlie Baker as well as scope out his prospective new hometown.
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5 takeaways from legislative hearings on the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID outbreak: How much more do we know now?
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell chairs an October 2020 legislative hearing on the COVID-19 outbreak at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke, held at Holyoke Community College. (Don Treeger / The Republican file)
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Nearly a year after the beginning of the deadly pandemic that has changed the face of life as we knew it, the state Legislature’s Special Oversight Committee has held six hearings since October to examine the outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. The state-run, long-term care facility for veterans went from a sought after placement for end-of-life care to a touchstone of the horrors the virus can bring when unchecked.
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home trustees clash with state over future of $300M construction
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
HOLYOKE A lengthy Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke meeting Wednesday concluded with a fiery dialogue between trustees pushing for a larger new facility, while state officials warned that any delays in their plans for a smaller one could sink the entire project.
Gov. Charlie Baker recently authorized a “rapid plan” to build a new Soldiers’ Home after 76 veterans died during a COVID-19 outbreak last spring.
The administration has pushed a plan for a $300 million state-of-the-art site to replace the current long-term care home for veterans, including an adult day health center, primarily private rooms and other enhancements at the 70-year-old facility on the hill.