Board of Health

Abington Board of Health advances health agent hiring while kratom ban stays on hold. Board Chair Katie Van Ness told the board Monday that 10 applicants have been identified for the town's long-vacant full-time health agent position, with an interview review session posted for June 25.

Abington Board of Health names interim agent, defers kratom ban vote.

Abington Board of Health defers kratom ban vote after its largest-ever public hearing.

Abington loses its health agent and public health nurse simultaneously, leaving the town with no functioning health department as of May 1.

Abington Board of Health clears all 27 tobacco retailers and shifts invoice authority to its health agent.

Abington Board of Health approves septic variances for two constrained residential lots and flags unresolved gaps in a proposed tobacco regulation overhaul.

Abington Board of Health unanimously extends donation bin cleanup deadline from one hour to 24 hours.