NBC Universal, Inc. The NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned the top public health employee in the town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is retiring after a report found "multiple failures" in how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The report also said Philbrick initially failed to respond to a message regarding that outbreak on his town-issued cell phone while he was on vacation. In addition, the probe raised conflict of interest concerns because all three elected board of health officials were members of the club.