2/27/23: Select Board to Hear Public Comment on Article 15

Important Reminder and Action Request Select Board to Hear Public Comment on Article 15 Overturning the Select Board’s Decision to Stop Further Testing by SouthCoast Wind (A.K.A. Mayflower Wind) Meeting to be Held Monday, 2/27/23 at Town Hall 6:30 pm At the 2/13/23 Select Board meeting, a group of residents presented the following petition for …

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Three Letters to the Editor printed 2/10/23, Falmouth Enterprise, pages 5-6

Below, see the full text of three Letters to the Editor published by the Falmouth Enterprise on Friday 2/10/23, pages 5-6: Care For The Environment? By Robert E. Doyle, Mark A Thompson, Catherine & David Lyons, Joan E. Doyle (Falmouth Heights) Electric Cable Safe by Thomas S. Crane (Woods Hole) Get More Information (online title; …

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Select Board Monday, 2/13/23: Discussion of Petition Articles

On Monday, 2/13/23, the Select Board will hear from Petitioners who have requested Articles to be added to the April 10 Town Meeting Warrant. Each presentation is limited to 5 minutes and there will be no public discussion. At another Select Board meeting on 2/27/23, the Board will make their recommendations for each article after …

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Small Falmouth Recycling Carts Available On Request

Falmouth Enterprise, Feb. 3, 2023, by Noelle The town issued all residents 96-gallon recycle carts in summer 2022. Smaller recycling carts are available for Falmouth residents who have struggled with the size of the new 96-gallon recycling carts that were rolled out over the summer. The carts are now available in 96-gallon, 64-gallon, and 32-gallon …

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Town To Tighten Leash Law Enforcement

Contact information for questions and complaints: Animal Control Dogs on Beaches  : Please contact Animal Control with any questions or to report violations at 508-457-2550, animalcontrol@falmouthma.gov or call the police non-emergency phone at  508-457-2527 when/if no one answers the Animal control phone (they are often out of the office patrolling beaches or investigating other animal …

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Sensible Wind Development – 2/3/23 Enterprise Letter to Editor (Dave Buzanoski, FHMNA President) & Town Meeting Warrant

(The Town Meeting Article is printed below this letter.) I write with regard to the Enterprise article on January 27, “Town Meeting To Vote On Mayflower Wind.” From the petition submitted, as you mention, Mayflower is not specifically mentioned, so hardly is this a vote on Mayflower Wind. (Note, especially now that Mayflower has changed …

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Not A NIMBY Issue – Enterprise Letter to the Editor (Bruce Buch)

Falmouth Enterprise Letter to the Editor on 2/3/23: I’m disheartened to see the Mayflower Wind issue getting tainted with the NIMBY label, although Mayflower is probably delighted, since it feeds into the notion that a wind power project that most everyone agrees we need can’t go forward without going through someone’s neighborhood, while in fact …

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Mayflower Wind changes name to Southcoast Wind

On 2/1/23, FHMNA received the following email from Mayflower Wind: SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and Ocean Winds North America, is the new name for Mayflower Wind. We are excited to announce we have changed our name to SouthCoast Wind Our new name better reflects our company’s …

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