That swarm of helicopters now is to prevent a mosquito swarm later

You may look up at the sky later this week and ask yourself, “What’s with the helicopters in the sky?”

Mosquitos. The answer is mosquitos.

The Central Mass Mosquito Control Project will be spraying for mosquitos on July 1, 7, 15, 22, and 29.  Dates are subject to change due to weather conditions, mosquito populations, and mosquito virus activity.

Grafton became part of the Central Mass Mosquito Project in 2019 after about a dozen people in Massachusetts, including a Grafton man, were diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Four people died. 

The increasing risk of EEE in recent years has caused high schools to revise sports schedules to eliminate evening games, since the blood-sucking insects are more prone to feed at dusk.

For more information, visit CMMCP.org