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Board of Health approves Eaglehead Road ADU conversion permit

Manchester Board of Health approves ADU permit amid grant crisis. Board members Peter Colarusso, Leah Peavey, Donna Furse, and Mary Foley unanimously approved a building permit for 13 Eaglehead Road dated August 25, 2026. The meeting's substantive focus shifted to the Cape Ann Public Health

DocumentCenter · Meeting of September 24, 2026

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA — Manchester Board of Health approves ADU permit amid grant crisis. Board members Peter Colarusso, Leah Peavey, Donna Furse, and Mary Foley unanimously approved a building permit for 13 Eaglehead Road dated August 25, 2026. The meeting's substantive focus shifted to the Cape Ann Public Health Alliance digitization grant, where Health Director Wendy Hansbury reported that records submitted by vendor Records Force did not match originals, with pages missing or mislabeled.

Grant funds have been returned to the State due to delivery delays on digitized records.

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Source: the DocumentCenter meeting of September 24, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.

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