The Oak Bluffs board of health voted unanimously Tuesday morning to appoint Oak Bluffs conservation agent Garrett Albiston as the town’s health agent. The appointment came with the understanding that Albiston will serve as double agent going forward. Albiston isn’t new to the board of health. Since former health agent Meegan Lancaster resigned in February, […]
To the Editor: There is so much more to the story than the select board’s lack of involvement in the high school’s funding formula saga. As I understand it, the initial funding, when the district was created, was through two mechanisms: capital costs and operating costs. In 1989 Amendment II created a new protocol for […]
The Oak Bluffs board of health tried to postpone discussion about artificial turf, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and proposed regulations that would prohibit PFAS-containing artificial turf on Tuesday, but wound up exploring the topic with guests in its Zoom for roughly 50 minutes. The board of health first introduced draft regulations that would ban […]
Oak Bluffs health officials have concluded the scope of their investigation into per- and poly-fluoralkyl substances (PFAS) needs to broaden. On Tuesday, the town’s board of health held its second hearing on a proposed regulation to prohibit PFAS-containing artificial turf. Several people questioned why the board focused on artificial turf alone when there are many […]
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