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GREENFIELD City officials announced Tuesday afternoon that the citywide mask advisory will be lifted, effective Saturday, in accordance with state guidelines. Wearing masks will no longer be required while in public in Greenfield, according to a.
Greenfield, Tapestry to provide four new syringe disposal sites
Used syringes collected by Tapestry’s Holyoke needle exchange. People will soon be able to dispose of used needles and syringes at four sites in Greenfield. Staff File Photo/Tom Relihan
Published: 5/6/2021 8:08:11 PM
GREENFIELD People will soon be able to dispose of used needles and syringes at four sites throughout the city.
The Greenfield Health Department and Tapestry have worked to provide the four sharps containers because officials say misplaced syringes and needles can cause infection or injury when not disposed of properly.
According to a press release from Mayor Roxann Wedegartner’s office, the new containers will be at Green River Park, Energy Park, Hillside Park and the Fire Station parking lot.
Greenfield opts out of state’s aerial mosquito spraying
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Published: 5/5/2021 4:57:05 PM
GREENFIELD The City Council voted during an emergency meeting Tuesday to opt out of recent State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board legislation that would allow aerial spraying in certain situations.
Board of Health Chair Nancee Bershof said the legislation authorizes the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board, under the Department of Agricultural Resources, to “engage in preventative, management and eradication methods whenever the commission of public health determines an elevated risk of arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) exists or may exist for the current or upcoming year.”
“The difficulty is when aerial spraying is the recommended choice,” Bershof said. “The chemical adulticide used is Anvil 10-10. Controversy exists about the safety and efficacy of this treatment and of the effectiveness in general of aerial spraying.”