Bellingham Board of Health Shuts Down Pulaski Boulevard Store Over Multiple Violations

Board of Health · Meeting of July 28, 2026

Bellingham Board of Health closes a Pulaski Boulevard food store over structural, fire, and food safety violations. Health Agent Dylan Labonte told the board at the July 28 meeting that La Marqueta de Latina at 101 Pulaski Boulevard had been placarded and shut down following a joint inspection with Building Commissioner Caleb and the fire department that revealed a sagging second-floor structure caused by unpermitted wall removals, a non-functional fire alarm, and the sale of unpermitted food items including bagged unpasteurized eggs. Second-floor tenants were ordered to vacate immediately because of the fire alarm failure.

The board also received a remediation report from Haley, the new executive director of the Bellingham Housing Authority, who said a long-running water damage problem at a 117 Sun Street duplex unit had been traced to a poorly installed tub surround, remediated by ServiceMaster over one day, and the tenant returned to her unit after an 11-day hotel stay at the authority's expense. The board and the housing authority director agreed that she will begin sharing 24-hour health and safety inspection findings with Labonte's office going forward.

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• The complete report — 2,192 words

Source: the Board of Health meeting of July 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.