September 4, 2025

Are you interested in achieving the Registered Environmental Health Sanitarian (REHS) credential? WMPHA has a few scholarships left for the online examp prep course offered by Walter Saraniecki. These are self-paced videos that are highly effective in preparing you for the examination, and will need to be completed by December 31.

Interested? Email WMPHA Treasurer Bri Dupras at bdupras@frcog.org.

Help Us Plan Totally Title 5

This year's WMPHA Totally Title 5 Conference has been moved from the fall to the spring to avoid conflicts with other fall local public health conferences. Pencil March 24, 2026 in -- we look forward to seeing you there!

In the meantime, the WMPHA Executive Committee is looking for new members of our Totally Title 5 Planning Comittee! Please contact President Tom Hibert at thibert@southwickma.gov if you are interested.

Public Hearings on the Future of Public Health

The Department of Public Health invites you to join them at upcoming public hearings on SAPHE 2.0, a new law that elevates our ability to provide equitable public health protections and build a stronger, more resilient state. DPH invites anyone with an interest in local public health to share your vision for Massachusetts’  local

public health system. To attend a hearing, register on Zoom:

• Thursday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Register here
• Monday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. - Register here
• Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Register here

Please note: you are not required to provide testimony to attend the public hearings. Each session will be the same. You may consider only attending one session.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or a person with a disability that requires accommodation, please contact Stacy Hart, ADA Coordinator, at (857) 262-7431 or by email at stacy.hart@mass.gov, or by TTY (MassRelay): 800-720-3480 as soon as possible. 

To provide testimony:

Fill out this form to provide your testimony at one of the public hearing dates. Commenters are each limited to 3 minutes of oral testimony. Prior to your remarks, please give your name and what organization you represent, if any. Please note that the recording of these hearings and all comments received are considered public records in accordance with the state’s public records law.

Submit written testimony to: localregionalpublichealth@mass.gov or send by mail to:Office of Local  and  Regional Health, Attn. Office Coordinator, 67 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 until Friday, Oct. 10, 2025.