Board of Health Mailing Address: P.O. Box 216, Shutesbury, MA 01072

For information on respiratory viruses including Covid-19, flu, and RSV, please consult the Department of Public Health website.  

Although town residents are no longer asked to report infections to the BOH, if you wish to do so please email either our Public Health Nurse (contact info below) or board member Arleen Read arleen.read@shutesbury.org. Information is kept confidential and would be conveyed to the Department of Public Health only if required by public health law.

Shutesbury's Public Health Nurse, Sarah Fiske

can be contacted at (413) 531-0657 and at sarah.fiske@VHRCare.org. (New email address!)  Sarah's hours at Town Hall are Fridays, 8 am - 4 pm.  Please click here to read a statement about what public health nurses can and can't do.

Click here to view a flyer on the plant-based cooking class.

Click here to view a flyer on wellness services for new mothers and babies.

Click here to view a flyer on tick-borne diseases.

Sarah has various devices available for borrowing: if you have a short-term need for a commode, walker, crutches, or cane, contact her at the number above.  See the flyer here.  If you can use a blood pressure cuff (up to 2 weeks) click here for more information.

Click here for a flyer on collecting healthy recipes from Shutesbury residents.

Useful information

Click here for the webpage of the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program of the Franklin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

Building permit applications and the Board of Health
What you need to get Board of Health approval.

Septic system designers, installers, and pumpers:
To apply for a license, click here for information.  Download application form, certification form, and worker's compensation insurance affidavit.

To schedule a soil evaluation or submit a septic system design, contact the Board of Health.

Fee Schedule