Board of Health

Plymouth's Board of Health voted unanimously to tighten its tobacco permit rules, dropping the effective cap on retail tobacco licenses from 47 to 43 and closing a loophole that allowed surrendered permits to remain available for new applicants.

Plymouth's Board of Health heard a progress update on the town's first-ever Community Health Assessment and began post-hearing deliberations on possible Kratom regulation.

Plymouth's Board of Health heard a detailed presentation distinguishing natural kratom leaf from concentrated synthetic 7-hydroxy­mitragynine and identified a gap in local tobacco rules ahead of a November 19 public forum.

Plymouth Board of Health sets November 19 kratom forum after emotional testimony on synthetic drug dangers.

Plymouth Board of Health hears kratom warnings and debates nicotine pouch milligram cap.

Plymouth Board of Health denies BJ's Wholesale Club grease trap variance and approves four septic system plans.

Plymouth's Board of Health tabled a contested septic variance for 23 Emerson Road and ousted a longtime member from a regional public health grant committee at its August 6 meeting.