Mendon's Board of Health voted to tighten its senior trash-discount program, cutting the qualifying household size from four residents to two and creating a new appeal process.
Douglas Board of Health elected a new chair and advanced a membership application. Members voted unanimously to elect David Balbi as chair for the coming term and Robert Brazeau as vice chair, with the transition set to begin next month.
The Hopedale Board of Health heard a tenant's hearing request over unresolved mold and leak violations at 96 Freedom Street, then adjourned into executive session over complaints against staff.
The West Boylston Board of Health previewed a revised permit fee schedule that would raise projected annual revenue from $32,000 to $39,200.
Berlin's Board of Health voted unanimously three times to approve Title 5 septic variances, including one for the historic 1870 Building, Lindsay House and First Parish Church cluster on Woodward Avenue.
Board upheld tobacco permit suspensions against two retailers caught selling nicotine products to minors.
The Mendon Board of Health reviewed a draft noise bylaw ahead of an October 27 Special Town Meeting vote and approved a septic upgrade on Ashkins Drive.
The Northborough Board of Health began exploring local licensing rules for massage and bodywork businesses after a resident raised concerns about unlicensed operations and possible human trafficking.
Hubbardston's Board of Health approved a septic repair plan and two Halloween-weekend food permits while a resident pressed the board over an unanswered vaccine-clinic records request.
Southbridge's Board of Health joined a five-town regional health partnership and pressed the town manager over roughly $400,000 in unspent opioid funds.
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