MASHPEE Santuit and Ashumet ponds are closed to swimming because of blue-green algae blooms also known as cyanobacteria, which can emit toxins that are harmful to people and wildlife.
The Mashpee Department of Natural Resources provided information to the Mashpee Board of Health about surface algae scum floating in several locations in each pond, which prompted the board to close the ponds to swimming, according to the town s website.
The blue-green algae measurement in Santuit Pond showed a total cell count of 72,300 cells per milliliter and was made up of different cyanobacteria geneses, including 44% with woronichinia, 54% dolichospermum, 1% microcystis and 1% Aphanizomenon, according to the town.
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When Kripani Patel contacted the Mashpee Board of Health seeking to become a board member, they were immediately impressed with her credentials.
Ms. Patel is a Mashpee native and a graduate from Mashpee Middle-High School and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. At UMass, she graduated with a bachelorâs degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. Following her undergraduate degree, Ms. Patel attended Kent State University in Ohio and earned her masterâs degree in public health with a social and behavioral science concentration. For work, she is a full-time substitute teacher at MMHS and also teaches a medical terminology course.
Despite a recent third wave of COVID-19 cases, tourists are gearing up to hit Cape Cod beaches this coming summer.
Officials said hotels are already filling up for summer vacations and local businesses are scrambling to hire staff before then.
With the influx in tourism on the horizon, officials are also working to vaccinate as many residents as possible. This includes nearly all homebound residents being vaccinated through their local boards of health and councils on aging.
Speeding up vaccinations is timely, as contagious variants of the virus are spreading quickly in the county. Cape Cod is a state hot spot for a variant first discovered in Brazil.
The Mashpee Board of Health during its meeting last Thursday, April 1, conditionally approved the marijuana cultivation permit for Aspen Blue LLC at 14 Wags Road, provided the recommendations the board made are met.
First among the health board s recommendations are that the conditions, recommendations and manufacturer specifications within the Odor Mitigation Plan are incorporated into the board s decision that the noise-attenuating material and sound barriers are provided around the chiller air cooler and generator.
The second is that the $300 operating permit fee is paid. Third, the requirements and proposals depicted on the submitted site plan be completed before cultivation permit issuance, as an example water drains and a tight tank. An agent of the health board will confirm the tank, and the specifications and calculations for the air discharge blower and stack will be provided to the board of health to confirm it meets the odor mitigation plan.