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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — The town is looking to become a Purple Heart Town later this spring.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Building Bridges Veterans Initiative’s director received a $3,000 check from the Greenfield Elks Lodge 1296 on Thursday afternoon to fund meal preparation for former service members.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Dozens of people convened at Memorial Park over the weekend, and are planning to gather again next Saturday, to protest the federal government’s wide-ranging cuts, perhaps most notably those involving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

By DOMENIC POLI

SPRINGFIELD — A U.S. Marine veteran pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing benefit payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs and submitting a false Purple Heart application to the Marine Corps through his congressional representative.

LEEDS — None of the more than 1,000 employees dismissed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs last week work at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Health Care System that serves veterans, according to Sarah Robinson, spokesperson for the Leeds-based medical center.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An elected committee responsible for the upkeep of the various veterans memorials in town has been invited to participate in the 2024 and 2025 rounds of grants from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

By CARLA CHARTER

The Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials in Orange are tasked with the upkeep and maintenance of all veterans memorials in town, including an ongoing project to expand the Honor Roll Wall in Memorial Park. The monument lists Orange residents who served in...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE — Residents gathered behind Orange Town Hall on Monday afternoon to celebrate the installation of a bronze plaque on the stone monument commemorating the former Memorial Hall at Prospect and High streets, which was torn down in 1996. The work...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Calling on the community to never forget, and never lose respect for, the sacrifices of veterans, Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services District Director Chris Demars recalled late U.S. Sen. John McCain’s legacy as a Vietnam War fighter...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though participation in veterans service organizations has waned considerably in the decades following World War II and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, group leaders in Franklin County say membership remains strong and the door is open to any...

GREENFIELD — The Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services District will honor the military community with its annual Veterans Day parade and ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11.Starting at 10 a.m. at Greenfield Middle School, the Veterans Day parade will...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Driving down Interstate 91, said U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, “you see the phoenix rising from the ashes,” referring to a long-awaited new home for area veterans that’s been under construction for the last 451 days.Neal admired the progress being...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Veterans Memorial at Cushman Park celebrated new additions to the memorial on Saturday, including two new stones at the memorial and three dedicated granite benches.The re-dedication ceremony was attended by around 35...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Over the last 13 years of creating his movie “Sheepdog” through building relationships with veterans and their families, director and actor Steven Grayhm sought to tell the stories of U.S. veterans once they return to civilian life.The...

By SAM DORAN

LEXINGTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed off Thursday on a new veterans’ benefits law that she touted as “a big deal,” while Veterans’ Services Secretary Jon Santiago told the crowd that the Holyoke Veterans Home had been awarded licensure by the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WENDELL — After a 3,000-mile journey east, a World War II memorial honoring 36 Wendell veterans has finally returned home.In a ceremony Wednesday afternoon, town officials, residents and veterans gathered as Wendell unveiled the recently refurbished...

By ALEXA LEWIS

A leading veterans agent in the region says an expansive bill soon to become law designed to improve the lives of Massachusetts veterans is “monumental” for its expanded inclusion efforts, benefits, and health care provisions, but the measure fails to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Three local women are awaiting the arrival of a bronze plaque to be embedded onto the face of a new memorial stone installed to commemorate the former Memorial Hall building that stood for 104 years before being demolished in 1996.Pam Rand,...

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OMAHA BEACH, France — The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Kenneth Butler knew that when he departed for Bradley International Airport on Friday morning it was the final time he would be in his native western Massachusetts until he is laid to rest next to his parents in Greenfield.The...

Two area veterans get Quilts of Valor ORANGE — Veterans Dereck G. Dowler and Alfred O. “Ollie” Ohlson received Quilts of Valor at a ceremony at the North Orange Grange on May 14.The honor was made possible by the Quilts of Valor Foundation, a...