Quabbin Health District

Staff

Andrea Crete, MPH, RS

Andrea Crete, MPH, RS

Director of Public Health

Andrea joined the District in May of 2022.  She provides professional, administrative, technical, and inspection work in planning, managing, and promoting the District’s public health programs, and providing leadership guidance regarding health issues for the District while having overall responsibility for the ongoing administration of the District, including all financial and legal components.

Email: acrete@townofware.com
Phone: 413-967-9615
126 Main Street, Ware MA Town Hall

 

Candice Clark, RN

Candice Clark, RN

Public Health Community Nurse

Candice joined the District in May 2026.  She promotes and protects the health of the District by performing highly responsible professional nursing duties in a variety of public health programs, holding wellness clinics at various locations in the District, conducting investigations of communicable diseases, providing vaccinations, making home visits to residents who are homebound and providing educational workshops and presentations on health-related topics. 

Email: cclark@townofware.com
Office Phone: 413-967-8393
126 Main Street, Ware MA Town Hall

John Prenosil

John Prenosil

Code Enforcement Officer

John joined the District in July of 2023.  He promotes and protects the public health of the  District residents through the enforcement of state and local public health laws and regulations as well as providing public health education.  Performing Inspectional and technical work related to the enforcement and interpretation of public health, sanitation and environmental laws and regulations.

Email: jprenosil@townofware.com
Phone: 413-967-9615
126 Main Street, Ware MA Town Hall

Julia Walsh

Julia Walsh

Administrative Assistant

Julia joined the District in March 2006.  She performs administrative work for the District and Ware Board of Health in areas including payroll, accounts receivables/payables, detailed financial reporting, bookkeeping, computational and customer service work. She provides skilled clerical support to the Ware Board of Health, including annual permitting and application processing, recordkeeping, fee collection, and preparation of annual reports, meeting minutes, and agendas. 

Email: jwalsh@townofware.com
Phone: 413-967-9615
126 Main Street, Ware MA Town Hall

Mary-Jo Grenier

Mary-Jo Grenier

Senior Clerk

Mary joined the District in July 2007. She provides skilled clerical support to the Belchertown Board of Health, including annual permitting and application processing, recordkeeping, fee collection, and preparation of annual reports, meeting minutes, and agendas.

Email: mgrenier@belchertown.org
Phone: 413-323-0406
2 Jabish Street, Belchertown MA Town Hall

Roger W. Bacon

Roger W. Bacon

Title 5 Independent Contractor

Roger joined the District in April 2023.   He oversees soil evaluations and determines groundwater elevations, witnesses percolation tests, reviews proposed system installation plans; performs final inspections on septic system installations prior to backfilling; and provides guidance to the District and Local Boards of Health in their deliberations on variance requests and Local Upgrade Approvals. 

Belchertown Health Department

Town of Pelham

Ware Health Department

About Us

The Quabbin Health District is a comprehensive regional health department serving the communities of Belchertown, Ware, and Pelham. The district was established in 1980 by a Town meeting vote and was formed under the Section 27A of Chapter 111 of the MGL.

Contact Us

Quabbin Health District

Ware Town Hall
126 Main Street
Ware MA 01082

(413) 967-9615

Hours

Monday - Friday

8:30am - 4:30pm