Franklin Matters: 2025-11-30

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Agenda for the Board of Health meeting - Dec 3 at 5 PM

Franklin Board Of Health

Agenda & Meeting Packet

December 3, 2025, 5:00 PM

Meeting will be held at the Franklin Municipal Building

355 East Central Street - 3rd Floor Training Room

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CHAIR

a. Chair to identify members participating remotely.

2. CITIZEN COMMENTS

a. Citizens are welcome to express their views for up to three minutes on a matter that is not on the agenda. In compliance with G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 20 et seq, the Open Meeting Law, the Board of Health cannot engage in a dialogue or comment on a matter raised during Citizen Comments. The Board of Health may ask the Director of Public Health to review the matter.

Agenda for the Board of Health meeting - Dec 3 at 5 PM

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a. November 5, 2025

4. NEW BUSINESS

a. Discussion of oral nicotine pouches
b. Board of Health meeting dates for 2026

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS

a. Restricting the Sale of Tobacco Products Regulations amendments

6. REPORTS

a. Metacomet shared service grant regional health agent report
b. Metacomet shared service grant public health nurse report

7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

8. ADJOURN

Agenda doc also contains remote participation info ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12032025-2030

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"Brain has five 'eras', scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s"

"Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.

The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years.

“Looking back, many of us feel our lives have been characterised by different phases. It turns out that brains also go through these eras,” said Prof Duncan Astle, a researcher in neuroinformatics at Cambridge University and senior author of the study."