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This department also maintains the archives of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Tobacco Control Program works to improve public health by reducing death and disability from tobacco use and addresses areas such as tobacco use among young people, exposure to second-hand smoke and tobacco-related disparities in specific population ...
Agawam is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. [22] Agawam adopted a city form of government effective January 1, 1973, comprising a 15-member city council and a town manager.
Agawam's center began to take shape in the early years of the 18th century. By 1750 the town center lay on one of the main roads connecting Northampton to Hartford, Connecticut, and the area became a significant rest stop along the way. It received significant development in the 1790s when the road was more formally laid out, private homes ...
Robinson State Park is a state-owned, public recreation area located mostly in the town of Agawam with a small section in Westfield, Massachusetts. The narrow, 1,025-acre (415 ha) state park follows the course of the meandering Westfield River which forms the park's northern border.
Agawam (grape), a hybrid grape variety and one of the so-called Rogers' Hybrids Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Agawam .
The Agawam, as well as other groups, belong the larger cultural category of Alongkian Indians. In 1634, Dutch traders triggered a devastating smallpox epidemic in among the region's Native people. [8] Governor Bradford of Massachusetts writes that in Windsor (the site of the Dutch trading post), "of 1,000 of [the Indians] 150 of them died."
In 1799, The Boston Board of Health was established to combat any potential cholera outbreaks. Paul Revere was Boston's first health commissioner. [3] [4] In 1864 the Boston City Hospital opened, managed by the board. [4] The Boston Public Health Act of 1995 caused the organization of the current commission. [1]
Monica Bharel was the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, appointed in February 2015. On May 27, 2021, Bharel announced she will be stepping down effective June 18. On May 27, 2021, Bharel announced she will be stepping down effective June 18.