Halifax Board of Health hires Tighe & Bond to review Marilyn's Landing landfill plan

Board of Health · Meeting of February 18, 2026

Halifax Board of Health unanimously hires Tighe & Bond to independently review the Marilyn's Landing landfill remediation plan. Chair Pamela Engstrom and Co-Chair Candice Greene, the only members present at the February 18 meeting with David Hatch absent, chose the firm over two other candidates because Tighe & Bond already monitors Halifax's own municipal landfill. Interim Health Agent Robert Buker had presented three candidates — Tighe & Bond, Sitec Engineering, and TRC Companies — and the board settled quickly on the existing relationship.

Greene said her central question for the outside engineers is whether the remediation can be accomplished "on a smaller scale" without importing large volumes of fill. Seven residents spoke during public comment, most challenging the use of soil they described as contaminated; Selectman Tom Pratt, of 10 Arrowhead Path, urged the board not to let MacDonald Industries' history of town donations "cloud your board's judgment" on what he called "a short-term problem with long-term ramifications."

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Source: the Board of Health meeting of February 18, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.