Select Board votes to send draft opposition letter on 'Mass Ready Act'
The Harwich Select Board voted unanimously to send the draft letter of opposition to the Mass Ready Act as presented; public commenters had urged the Board to specifically support sections 74 and 75 that preserve municipal authority over anticoagulant rodenticides and glyphosate use.
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During old business the Select Board voted to approve and send a draft letter opposing provisions of the Mass Ready Act that the Board and some residents say would strip local regulatory authority. The motion passed unanimously after a short discussion by board members who said the letter’s core complaint is an ongoing erosion of local authority over environmental and land‑use regulation.
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