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Planning Board votes 5-2 to close housing hearing
The Falmouth Planning Board voted 5-2 to close the hearing on a special permit for front-yard parking at a proposed 10-unit project on North Falmouth Highway.
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Sports
Cape Cod Marathon Weekend draws runners through Falmouth Oct. 10-11
Falmouth's sports calendar centered on Cape Cod Marathon Weekend, held Oct. 10-11 with Select Board members flagging related traffic restrictions at their Oct. 5 meeting, where they also thanked more than 100 volunteers behind the Oct. 4 Buzzards Bay Coalition Bike Ride, a fundraising ride from…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026
One Falmouth obituary was posted this week: Fenstermaker, David M., 57, of Falmouth, who died September 28, 2026. The notice was posted under the care of Chapman Family Funeral Homes. No additional biographical detail was available in the published listing at press time; readers can fin…
Morning Brief
Brick Kiln Road closes for sewer work
Sewer project closures will shut down Brick Kiln Road to through traffic on weekdays this month. Also in today's brief (14 items): Sewer work closes Brick Kiln Road on weekdays; Coonamessett Farm rolls out four-day fall special; Genealogical society plans talk on Falmouth burials; Hog I…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Votes to Release Brick Kiln Opinion
Falmouth's Select Board voted unanimously to release a disputed legal opinion threatening the town's police station and sewer lift station plans.
Government · Board of Health
Falmouth Health Board Drafts Plan To Oversee Septic Systems
The Falmouth Board of Health spent over three hours weighing a draft plan to oversee the town's growing fleet of advanced septic systems without voting on the proposal itself.
Morning Brief
Town mails out 9,000 vote-by-mail ballots
Falmouth begins mailing more than 9,000 vote-by-mail ballots ahead of November's election. Also in today's brief (11 items): Vote-by-mail ballots start going out to voters; Sewer work closes Brick Kiln Road to through traffic; Rally opposes bus depot plan in North Falmouth; League of Wo…
Morning Brief
Legal opinion clouds new police station site
Outside legal opinion finds Falmouth's planned police station site protected under Article 97. Also in today's brief (12 items): Legal opinion finds police station site protected under Article 97; ZBA grants permit for Smithfield Farm Village housing; Town Meeting warrant booklet now po…
Sports
Falmouth Select Board proclaims Cape Cod Marathon Weekend ahead of Oct. 10-11 races.
The Falmouth Select Board proclaimed Oct. 10 and 11, 2026, as Cape Cod Marathon Weekend at its Sept. 28 meeting, with race director Jack Afarian thanking town officials and pledging to keep the event "the best marathon in Massachusetts." The board also recognized a recent bocce tourname…
Morning Brief
Beach director post eyes year-round staffing
Falmouth Select Board weighs creating a year-round beach director position as seasonal staffing swells. From our own coverage: Planning Board revisits North Falmouth housing dispute; Conservation panel closes hearing on culvert fix. Also in today's brief (10 items): Historical Society p…
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