Rehoboth Health Board Resignations

Dr. Bruce Thayer and Richard Panofsky have resigned from the Human Services and Community Health Board.

“He remains available if we need him for some other tasks,” Selectmen Chair Skip Vadnais said of Thayer.

Thayer and Dr. Robert Lambe were appointed in 2020 to assist the town with the coronavirus pandemic.

“We needed guidance on closure of buildings,” Vadnais noted. “They have put in hours and hours of work. Without them, I don’t know if we would have been as successful as we have been in continuing uninterrupted services for the government of the town.”

Vadnais said Panofsky has resigned from all his appointed positions. Panofsky also chaired the Personnel Board and served as clerk for both the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Municipal Building Study Committee.

He represented Rehoboth with GATRA and chaired the ad-hoc Animal Advisory Committee.

Panofsky ran unsuccessfully for the Board of Selectmen last April.

“He’s not just walking away into the sunset, he is more than willing to help us,” Vadnais added.