Franklin Board of Health appointed MHOA as tobacco agent. The board voted unanimously on September 2 to appoint MHOA as the town's tobacco agent under a new memorandum of understanding, with Health Director Cathleen Liberty stating the MOU was necessary to finalize the arrangement for continued
Franklin Board of Health votes to withdraw from regional shared service agreement. Chair Kim Mu-Chow and Vice-Chair Jeffrey Harris, with Health Director Cathleen Liberty present, voted unanimously to exit the METACOMET Shared Service Agreement as grant funding expires after 2026. The withdrawal
The Franklin Board of Health designates New England Chapel and Franklin United Methodist Church as warming and cooling shelters. The facilities will operate Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with Chair Kim Mu-Chow noting that police and fire departments should be informed. The board unanimously
Franklin Board of Health unanimously expands synthetics regulation to ban all kratom products. Chair Kim Mu-Chow, Vice Chair Jeff Harris, and Member Diane Daddario voted 3-0 to broaden the original regulation language to include natural kratom leaf, kratom leaf extract, and mitragynine, effective
Franklin Board of Health approves back meeting minutes, refines intoxicating products regulations. Chair Kim Mu-Chow and members Jeff Harris and Diane Daddario unanimously approved March 4 and March 18 meeting minutes. The board recommended escalating civil penalties for novel intoxicating products
Franklin Board of Health unanimously votes to draft novel intoxicating products regulation. Chair Kim Mu-Chow ordered staff to model the language on North Hampton's existing ordinance, with board review before a May public forum, after Director Cathleen Liberty presented findings that local tobacco
Franklin Board of Health rejects tobacco retailer leniency pleas. Chair Kim Mu-Chow, Vice Chair Jeff Harris, and Member Diane Daddario voted 3–0 to maintain enforcement of the town's Restricting the sale of tobacco products regulation against three stores cited for first and second violations
Franklin Board of Health approves January minutes and reviews state vaccination guidelines. Chair Kim Mu-Chow, Member Diane Daddario, Director Cathleen Liberty, Health Agent Ginny McNeil, and Public Health Nurse Alicia Sullivan voted 2-0 to approve the prior month's minutes. Director Liberty
Franklin Board of Health unanimously restricts tobacco sales near schools and bans oral nicotine pouches. Chair Kim Mu-Chow's motion grandfathered existing permit holders within 500 feet of schools while requiring new applicants to locate 1,000 feet away, and prohibited retailers from selling oral
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