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Falmouth residents may have noticed the black tubes running across the road on Palmer Avenue and Locust Street.
The West Falmouth Harbor watershed is the first estuary in Falmouth that is on the path to meeting the total maximum daily load, or TMDL, of nitrogen, Falmouth Water Qualit…
Falmouth Community Preservation Committee is considering how best to fund affordable housing.
An opinion piece about football and concussions sparks debate and Sandwich homeowners struggle with living by the sea.
Recent News
The AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod’s clinic at Tataket Square on Teaticket Highway is likely to open by the end of summer, but the group’s director of prevention and screen…
The hunt is on in Falmouth.
When it comes to sober homes, the Falmouth Board of Health has a lot of questions. That much was clear as the board on Monday night, June 17, discussed last week’s forum on…
Falmouth celebrated Juneteenth this year with two events sponsored by the Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee, aimed at increasingly education and understanding about t…
Falmouth Planning Board unanimously approved decisions for two projects on Tuesday, June 19 — a car wash and a solar farm.
Falmouth Commodores fans have fewer spaces to park this season.
What the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority’s Board of Governors had hoped to do by the end of its special meeting Tuesday, June 18, was to aut…
Significant growth over the past decade in the number of students whose first language is not English has led to the creation of an English Language Development Department …
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Protesters who were splashed with slush by a snow plow driver in February will receive a letter of apology.
For more than 70 years, the Quissett Yacht Club has taught children to sail in the protected waters of Quissett Harbor on Buzzards Bay.
In 2013 Longfellow Design Build recruited Mark Barr, a kitchen and bath designer with decades of experience. At the time, Mr. Barr was working and living in Connecticut.
A work crew began work replacing a portion of temporary pavement on Teaticket Highway Thursday, June 20.
Falmouth Academy celebrated its 40th Commencement on Saturday, June 8,graduating 37 students from Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals last week unanimously approved plans for residential development on the lot of the former Nautilus Motor Inn and Dome.
Engineering work will be required to complete proposed renovations at Guv Fuller Field, the home of the Falmouth Commodores.
As smiling students filed from the exits Monday afternoon, June 17, and walked toward the bus circle in front of Mullen-Hall Elementary School, they were met not only with …
Falmouth Public Schools are completing the first year of a partnership with McLean Hospital—a psychiatric hospital in Belmont that is noted for its clinical expertise and n…
Sibling plaintiffs Mark A. Stowes and Sandra L. Stosz are 10 months into a lawsuit that could extend past the end of 2020.
Ten Lawrence School 8th graders and their science teacher were the first to participate in a pilot program on Cuttyhunk, in which they went on historical and ecological wal…
Community Briefs
The Cape Cod Canal will host the 14th annual Boating and Water Safety Day on Saturday, June 29, (rain or shine), from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center.
Falmouth Pondwatchers are looking for additional volunteers this summer to help monitor the health of our coastal salt ponds.
Plans for the 42nd annual Paul E. White Memorial Race are underway.
The Reverend Monsignor Stephen J. Avila has been appointed as pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Patrick, and St. Anthony parishes, which are combining to form the Catholic…
The Middle East Forum of Falmouth will present four lectures in this summer’s Middle East series in Woods Hole. The hour-long lectures and discussion sessions will be held …
Cape Cod Healthcare has received an ‘AA-’ rating from Fitch Ratings, Inc. The rating is an upgrade from the ratings agency’s previous rating of ‘A’ and the agency said the …
Three high school seniors and a Cape Cod community college graduate were recently awarded scholarships from the Waquoit Congregational Church and the Holloway Family Trust.
Cape Cod BMX will host an open house at its race track on Sunday, June 23 from 1 to 3 PM.
With several affordable homes available on Cape Cod, Cape Community Real Estate Director Gael Kelleher said now is a great time for residents to explore the possibilities o…
On a Saturday morning once a summer, anglers can spy boats of dozens of women off the shore of Osterville, calling to each other, having fun and ruminating on their chances…
The Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center in Hyannis is proud to introduce its newest Honorary Board Members, James Burke, James Seymour and Wayne Soares.
Marine Masonic Lodge is sponsoring a blood drive to benefit Cape Cod Healthcare. The drive will be held on Monday, July 1, from noon to 6 PM at the Holiday Inn Cape Cod Fal…
The Falmouth Recreation Department will hold a community yard sale Saturday, June 15, from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Gus Canty Community Center. Proceeds of the sale will benefi…
Work performed by five Barnstable County inmates will enable the nonprofit Falmouth Harbor Sailing School to maintain affordable tuition for youngsters currently enrolling …
Gardening isn’t just pretty flowers as one will find out at Falmouth Garden Club’s garden tour to be held on Wednesday, June 26, from 10 AM to 3 PM, rain or shine.
It will be Baseball Sunday at the Waquoit Congregational Church on Sunday, June 30, 10 AM, and everyone’s invited.
Nine members of AmeriCorps arrived at the site of the former Coonamessett Inn off Boxberry Hill Road in Hatchville at around noon last Friday, June 7. After a pizza lunch d…
Falmouth Community Television (FCTV) held its annual meeting of members at the new Falmouth Community Media Center at 310 Dillingham Avenue in Falmouth on May 30.
Rep. Dylan Fernandes’ bill to allow the 104 independent retirement systems in Massachusetts to divest from the fossil fuel industry (H.3662) has gained the support of two c…
Community Health Center of Cape Cod is currently hosting a Bid for Good Health Online Auction, running through Friday, June 21, at noon.
The Charter Review Committee will hold a public forum to gather reaction to its developing ideas on changes in the town charter on Thursday, June 13, at 5:30 PM in the Herm…
WHOI’s former director of special projects, David G. Gallo, has received one of the highest honors bestowed annually by The Garden Club of America (GCA), the Frances K. Hut…
Newcomers, families and friends are invited to cheer the Commodores on to victory as the Newcomers Club of Falmouth will be the guest of honor at the Falmouth Commodores vs…
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth is hosting an evening discussion entitled “The Growing Risk of Nuclear War and What We Can Do About It — An Evening with D…
First Citizens’ Charitable Foundation presented a check for $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod & the Islands whose mission is to help thousands of youth fin…
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