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Last week we had two divergent stories about the same group of public officials. A school committee eager to spend money on an outside attorney to appeal the Oak Bluffs planning board’s decision not to allow a synthetic turf field over at the high school, and a school committee unwilling to increase the cost-of-living allowance […] ....
The Oak Bluffs board of health appears to be leaning toward a two-year moratorium banning synthetic turf fields in the town, but won’t take a vote until the town’s attorney, Michael Goldsmith, has a chance to fully review and tweak the language of the moratorium. All three board members spoke in favor of the moratorium […] ....
The Oak Bluffs board of health met on Tuesday for a single agenda item “discussion of draft regulation to restrict the installation of artificial turf containing PFAS in the Town of Oak Bluffs.” The board of health initially discussed draft regulations regarding PFAS in December and had several meetings since hearing from experts. Tuesday’s meeting […] ....
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, […] ....