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The Enterprise welcomes letters to the editor. All letters are subject to editing. They must be signed and include full legal name, a street address and daytime telephone number for verification. Revisions to letters will not be accepted.
All letters must be no longer than 550 words.
Letters may be mailed to 50 Depot Avenue, Falmouth, MA 02540 or e-mailed directly to the editor.
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Recent Editorials, Letters, Guest Articles
Because of our menacing great white shark and the seal overpopulation dilemma, Cape Cod is in the middle of an ecological, public safety, and economic crisis.
I have to give accolades to Selectman Peter Meier for his proposal to help in trying to create a bylaw to help private roads have repairs made by Bourne, and not at the hom…
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I come from a small backwater town in central Maine, namely Dixfield, population 2,500 for the last 100 years. We did, however, win the Maine State High School Hockey Champ…
During the May 14 meeting of the board of selectmen, Selectman James Potter presented an original idea that I feel would definitely enhance the performance of the board and…
Different seasons arrive year in and year out at more or less preordained times.
One of Thomas Guerino’s first public statements as town administrator was and I quote: “My job will be to make the board of selectmen look good.”
Earlier this week, the reopening of the playground at Buzzards Bay Park was imminent, with the gates scheduled to be unlocked as early as this morning.
Could there possibly be a more insidious and superior way for bringing cultural competitive excellence to its knees than legalizing marijuana?
When I spoke to the Bourne Enterprise reporter (“Mr. Slade Seeks Second Term as Selectman,” May 3 edition) about the town property naming policy adopted by the select board…
President Trump has had a lot on his plate lately.
Is there anything that says “Cape Cod” more than our canal bridges? Not lighthouses; not beaches; not even sand dunes. Every coastal state has those, and theirs are often b…
As a resident of Pocasset, I will be voting for Peter Meier for selectman in the May 21 election, and I urge you to do the same.
In recent years the town has seen a lot of new development in both the private and public domain. We’ve also experienced our share of challenges—the temporary closing of th…
Bourne has been wrangling about parking in Buzzards Bay, which is necessary for revitalizing downtown, and dealing with parking for Massachusetts Maritime Academy students.…
Imagine that you’re a right whale. You and your fellow right whale associates have returned to one of your favorite springtime haunts, known as “Cape Cod Bay” by those dang…
Monday’s Special Town Meeting made the right decision in approving $2.8 million in borrowing for a proposed wastewater treatment plant for Buzzards Bay.
I feel a bit of clarification is in order regarding last week’s article on the Bourne selectmen up for re-election.
If you’d like residents of Bourne to continue to shoulder most of the property tax burden in the town and want Buzzards Bay to continue to hobble along as a shadow of its f…
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