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With alternative plan, Whately Selectboard opts out of state mosquito control program Published: 5/14/2021 3:15:31 PM WHATELY — Following a brief conversation, the Selectboard voted to opt out of the state Department of Agricultural Resources’ mosquito control program. The vote came under the advisement of Board of Health Chair Fran Fortino, who appeared before the Selectboard Wednesday night for a hearing on whether to take part in the state’s program, which involves aerial spraying of mosquitoes to protect against eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE, and West Nile Virus. �...

LEYDEN — The Selectboard and Board of Health voted this week to opt out of state Department of Agricultural Resources’ mosquito control program, a decision many towns in the county have made already or are still discussing.Towns have been determining...

Greenfield opts out of state’s aerial mosquito spraying BERSHOF Published: 5/5/2021 4:57:05 PM GREENFIELD — The City Council voted during an emergency meeting Tuesday to opt out of recent State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board legislation that would allow aerial spraying in certain situations. Board of Health Chair Nancee Bershof said the legislation authorizes the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board, under the Department of Agricultural Resources, to “engage in preventative, management and eradication methods whenever the commission of public health determines an elevat...