Members of the Mashpee Sewer Commission came to a Mashpee Board of Health meeting last Thursday, December 2, to discuss the issue of septic system nitrogen pollution in the town’s
Of 121 total properties within 300 feet of Santuit Pond in Mashpee, nine have cesspools, only 43 have had their septic system pumped in the past five years and only
Mashpee public health officials are preparing to help coordinate the massive COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort on a local level whenever doses of the vaccine become available.
âIt is going to be a kind of all hands on deck type of response,â Mashpee Health Agent Glen E. Harrington said at the Mashpee Board of Health meeting on Thursday last week, January 21.
As the state prepares to vaccinate all people 75 and older, Mr. Harrington has reviewed the townâs demographic information and sent an estimate of the population that qualifies for vaccinations in Phase 2 to the state.
About one-third of the population of Mashpee, or about 4,500 residents, are over the age of 65. Of those about 2,500 are over the age of 75.