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
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
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,
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
Yarmouth Board of Health voted unanimously to recommend a hazardous materials storage variance for SRS Building Products and granted plastic-reduction waivers to eight food-service businesses at its May 18 meeting.
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&
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
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