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Collected Item: “"Bennett Walsh resigns as Holyoke Soldiers' Home superintendent; suit over firing dropped"”

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"Bennett Walsh resigns as Holyoke Soldiers' Home superintendent; suit over firing dropped"

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news story URL

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This MassLive article reports on Holyoke Soldiers' Home superintendent Bennett Walsh's decision to drop a law suit after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker had him fired in light of the facility's poor response to the pandemic.

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#healthcare, #veterans, #Holyoke, #localgovernment, #MassLive

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https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/bennett-walsh-resigns-as-holyoke-soldiers-home-superintendent-suit-over-firing-dropped.html

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Jim Kinney

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2020-10-20
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