Board of Health

HARWICH — June 16, 2026 — Harwich Board of Health adopts local kratom ban and reorganizes leadership at June meeting. The board voted 3-0 Tuesday to prohibit the manufacturing, sale, and distribution of naturally and synthetically derived kratom in Harwich, completing a regulatory effort that stretched across several months of meetings.

Yarmouth Board of Health hears 17 nonprofit grant requests totaling over $142,000 against a $60,000 pool, deferring final votes to its next meeting.

FALMOUTH — June 8, 2026 — Falmouth Board of Health fines two tobacco retailers $2,000 each and orders seven-day sales suspensions. The board voted unanimously Monday to penalize Cumberland Farms at 212 Teaticket Highway and Garrett's Family Market at 302 Palmer Avenue for second violations of the town&

Yarmouth Board of Health grants Sea Dog Brew Pub a plastic-cup variance through October 2026.

Eastham Board of Health approved four septic system replacements and reduced a sampling requirement at a fifth property during its May 28 meeting at Town Hall.

EASTHAM — May 28, 2026 — Eastham Board of Health unanimously approved four Title 5 septic upgrades and opened the 2026 beach sampling season at its May 28 meeting. All four properties — at 65 Harms Way, 20 Bridge Road, 1055 Bridge Road, and 1205 Herring Brook Road — had systems in confirmed failure

ORLEANS — May 21, 2026 — Orleans Board of Health approves septic variances for four properties while denying I/A monitoring reductions for two unproven systems. The board voted unanimously on all contested wastewater items at its May 21 meeting, granting a six-month sewer connection deferral for the town's

HARWICH — May 13, 2026 — Dover Board of Health suspends Dover Market's tobacco sales license after owner failed to respond to three outreach attempts. The board voted unanimously Monday to suspend Dover Market's license for one day, effective June 9, 2026, following the town's first

ORLEANS — May 7, 2026 — Orleans Board of Health continued sewer cases and issued a pair of bedroom determinations at its May 7 meeting, with a key case left unresolved pending engineering review. Chair Joe Hartung and the board unanimously continued the show cause hearing for 8 Old Tote Road to

Eastham Board of Health unanimously approved three septic variances and a fourth property review at its April 30 meeting.