Articles: “Town Expects to Have Full Staff of Lifeguards This Year” (online version called “Falmouth Beach Committee, Department Prepares for Summer Season”), pages 1 & 12. “Activists Embrace Old Statute’s Power to Protect Cape Cod Bay“, pages 1 & 12. “Guest Commentary: An Open Letter to Falmouth Town Meeting Members“, page 5. Letter to the Editor: âDo …
Healey Admin Eyes Changes To Ease Clean Energy Transition Sam Drysdale 4/20/23Â Â STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 20, 2023 As the state creeps closer to deadlines on its climate targets, the Healey administration will launch two commissions aimed at easing the transition to clean energy infrastructure in Massachusetts. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper on …
See FHMNA article: âTown Meeting, April 10, 2023: Voting RESULTS Article 15â Article from The Falmouth Enterprise (link + excerpt): âFalmouth Town Meeting Backs Select Board Denial Of Wind Developerâ Â On Monday night, April 10, Falmouth Town Meeting voted down Article 15, a citizensâ petition that would have reversed a Select Board vote to deny …
Article 25 (partial): To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to fund … Phase 1 of the Teaticket-Acapesket Service AreaâŚÂ Voted by Town Meeting Members: YES: 106 NO   79 Motion FAILED having not fulfilled the 2/3rds vote requirement. OUTFALL PIPE (for details, see prior post âHeights …
ARTICLE 15 (partial): To see if Town Meeting will vote in favor of allowing offshore wind developers the right of entry to conduct soil investigations and studies to assess the feasibility of horizontal directional drilling in Town-owned parcels. Select Board Recommendation: Indefinite Postponement Votes of Town Meeting Members: YES Votes = 72 NO Votes = …
Letters to the Editor, pages 4-7, regarding the FHMNA Mission Statement as referred to in the Enterprise Editorial published on 3/31/23; Article 15; SouthCoast Wind; & whales/windmills. There were 13 Letters to the Editor in The Falmouth Enterprise on 4/7/23. Many were informative as well as interesting, so we have included some excerpts to give …
On Monday, 4/10/23, Town Meeting Members will vote on Article 25 that focuses on  upgrades to the Town’s waste-water plant and would appropriate an initial $4.5 million to fund the design of an expansion of the Teaticket/Acapesket sewer area ultimately requiring an expansion of the Town’s leaching beds to the north of the treatment plant on Blacksmith …
Below are two items from The Falmouth Enterprise, 3/31/2023: 1.The full text of a Letter to the Editor âSubstation Ruins Neighborhoodâ, page 7. 2.Four photos of Vineyard Windâs construction project at Covellâs Beach in Barnstable, page 9. Also see aerial photos from 2022 in our website post âVineyard Wind Cable Installation at Covellâs Beachâ along …
In a Letter to the Editor on March 31, 2023, Cindy Branga of Grace Court East Falmouth discussed âWhales Need Protectionâ. Here is an excerpt: “There have been reports in the national news media about larger than normal numbers of dead whales and dolphins on the shores of New York and New Jersey. Several environmental …
Below is the full text of FHMNAâs response (written by President Dave Buzanoski with Board input) to The Falmouth Enterpriseâs editorial published on 3/31/23 entitled âThinking About a Mission Statementâ which we emailed to you on 4/1/23. This Letter to the Editor has been submitted for publication in the Enterprise this coming Friday, 4/7/23.  âA …