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FLU
INFORMATION
Check
out the Massachusetts Influenza Data Summary Report.
Remember to avoid close contact with those who are sick, stay
home when you are ill, cover your mouth and nose when coughing
or sneezing, wash your hanks regularly, avoid touching your
eyes, nose or mouth, get plenty of sleep, drink
plenty of fluids. Eat nutritious food and stay physically
active.
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Hopkinton Mosquito Control Project
Request
for designation of exclusion from mosquito spraying may be made
by supplying the Town Clerk with a certified letter that
provides your name, address and telephone number, names of all
abutters, and defining programs from which the exclusion is
requested. Designations should be made prior to March 1,
of each year, and shall be effective from April 1 to March 31 of
that year to March 31 of the following year. Boundaries or
areas to be excluded from spraying shall be marked at least
every 50feet by white paper plates or other similar appropriate
means. These markings shall be made know to the person
causing the application to be made who shall be responsible for
communicating the details of this marking to those who will
carry out the application.
Questions
on the project can be directed the Board of Health at (508)
497-9725 or to the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control
Project at (508)393-3055. More information can be found at
the CMMCP website.
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Hopkinton Mercury Recovery Project
The Hopkinton Board of Health is working with
other town officials to offer Hopkinton residents
and businesses a central facility to dispose of
their household items that contain mercury.
Fluorescent bulbs may be returned during
business hours to Hitchings Hardware or Hopkinton
Lumber, where containers have been provided for
proper disposal. Ballasts, thermometers,
and thermostats, as well as all button cell
batteries from watches, cameras, calculators,
hearing aids, sneakers, "talking books"
and digital organizers may all be recycled at the
Board of Health in Town Hall during business
hours. Button batteries only may also
be recycled at the Wood St. Recycling Drop-off
center.
If you have any questions or comments you may
contact the Hopkinton Board of Health,
508-497-9725. You may also contact Tom
Drechsler with the Hopkinton Recycling
Committee, 508-435-6154 (evenings only please).
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