Town of Ashland Responds To FOIA Request on COVID Positive Employees

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ASHLAND – Just one business reported a COVID positive employee during the month of March, according to the Town of Ashland.

By law, any establishment that has a positive COVID employee is required to notify the Ashland Health Department.

On April 5, SOURCE filed a Massachusetts Public Records request (FOIA) for a list of all businesses in the Town of Ashland that had a COVID positive employee. SOURCE also made similar requests to Natick Board of Health, City of Marlborough, and City of Framingham Health Departments.

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Framingham, Natick, and Marlborough have yet to respond as of this publishing.

Ashland responded the quickest within 5 hours of the request.

The only business that reported a COVID positive employee in March was Erica’s Restaurant on Front Street.