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Members: Chris Janeczak, George Ferdinand

Board of Health authorizes EFSB intervention in battery facility case

Tewksbury Board of Health unanimously authorizes intervention in battery storage facility case. The five-member Board held an executive session April 23 and voted 5-0 on three substantive motions: to authorize Chair Melissa Braga to submit a noise-impact comment letter to the Energy Facilities

Board of Health re-elects leadership; discusses hospital security

Tewksbury Board re-elects Braga chair, confronts State Hospital security cuts. Melissa Braga was re-elected Chairperson, Susan Amato as Vice Chairperson, and Chris Janeczak as Clerk unanimously. The board discussed a Tewksbury State Hospital policy removing security officers' access to less-lethal

Tewksbury Board of Health Reorganizes and Decries State Hospital Security Rollback

TEWKSBURY -- April 16, 2026, Tewksbury Board of Health unanimously re-elected its officers and raised sharp concerns over a state security policy change at Tewksbury State Hospital. Chairperson Melissa Braga, re-elected 5-0 alongside Vice Chairperson Susan Amato and Clerk Christine Janeczak, led a lengthy discussion on an Executive

Board of Health convenes executive session on Battery Energy Storage Facility.

The Tewksbury Board of Health met in executive session April 9 to discuss litigation strategy in a Battery Energy Storage Facility proceeding. Chair Melissa Braga presided over four members including Vice Chair Susan Amato, Chris Janeczak, George Ferdinand, and Pam Lefave, who departed early due to

Board convenes executive session to discuss battery storage litigation

Tewksbury Board of Health convenes executive session on battery storage litigation. All five board members—Chair Melissa Braga, Vice Chair Susan Amato, Members Chris Janeczak and Pam Lefave, and Clerk George Ferdinand—voted unanimously to enter closed session under M.G.L. c. 30A to discuss strategy