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Local Field Artillery Officer Rucks For Fallen Heroes
October 2020/EAST LONGMEADOW – East Longmeadow native and Field Artillery Officer Payton Grande participated in the 8th annual Military Friend’s Foundation Tough Ruck event. She ran 26.2 miles carrying 15-35 pound rucksack on her back in honor of the fallen military and first responders who...
Gold Star Flag Flies Over Massachusetts State House
September 27, 2020/BOSTON – The last Sunday in September was designated as Gold Star Mother’s Day by a joint resolution of Congress in June of 1936. The Office of Governor Charlie Baker will fly the Gold Star flag at the State House from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, September 27, 2020, in...
Waltham City Councilor Participates In Tough Ruck
September 2020/Staff Writer Waltham Wicked Local - Waltham City Councilor Sean Durkee recently participated in the Tough Ruck. He “rucks” for his grandfather, PFC John Mulhane, killed in action in World War II, Sgt. Travis Manchuso of Concord; and “all of the patriots who came before and will come...
Keeping Soldiers Home Veterans Connect With Their Families
Massachusetts Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers Homes are home to 500 veterans. In recent days, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit hard at nursing homes around the country and especially hard at Holyoke Soldier home where more than forty veterans have passed away from the disease. ...