The city's community health worker has one year left of funding through the American Rescue Plan Act and department leaders want to ensure the position's longevity.
The town's new health inspector hit the ground running this month, reversing a condemnation order on a Simonds Road property after improvements were made to the residence.
In a unanimous vote at the end of its monthly meeting, three members of the five-person board decided to trim the number of tobacco licenses from seven to six, reflecting the fact that only six of the available licenses currently are in use.
The intervening COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 had a lot of municipal health departments focused on that issue rather than reconciling their local ordinances with the latest decrees from Boston.
The Board of Health earlier this week discussed some of the issues facing the Stationery Factory in hosting events, including catering permits and kitchen inspections.
The property was condemned after the building department with in and determined it was unsafe due to collapsed flooring in certain areas and it becoming a public health and safety hazard, town
The board signed a letter to the state Bureau of Infections, Disease & Laboratory Sciences. This letter informs the state that the Lanesborough Board of Health voted in favor of having the qualified and appropriate organizations operate a mobile syringe service.