Health agent resigns, board scrambles for coverage

From East Bridgewater News

• Health agent resigns, board scrambles for coverage. East Bridgewater's health agent quit effective immediately Monday, forcing the Board of Health to scramble for interim coverage from neighboring towns while it opens a three-week search for a replacement.East Bridgewater News
• Planning Board calls for year-long data center freeze. East Bridgewater's Planning Board asked the Select Board to impose a 12-month data center moratorium and urged its own zoning ban be set aside at the October 7 Town Meeting, days after officials cited heavy water use from a single facility.East Bridgewater News
• Select Board backs police-fire study, sets Oct. 7 meeting. East Bridgewater's Select Board moved ahead with a feasibility study for a combined police and fire station and set October 7 for Special Town Meeting, where voters will also weigh a citizen petition restricting license plate reader cameras after the town's Flock contract was canceled.East Bridgewater News
• Finance Committee previews costly fall warrant. East Bridgewater's Finance Committee elected new leadership and previewed a crowded fall warrant, including a fire department push for six-person ambulance staffing, a public safety facility study, and a contested plan to repay the opioid fund for vape detectors a resident called 'sounds corrupt.'East Bridgewater News
• Youth mental health clinic pitched for North Bedford St. East Bridgewater's Planning Board got an informal preview of a proposed adolescent mental health treatment center at 600 North Bedford Street, for ages 12 to 17, as the board voted to sponsor a townwide data center ban article for a September 21 hearing.East Bridgewater News

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