Falmouth News

Solar power installations in Massachusetts have increased 80-fold in just six years, outstripping state officials' goals and surprising many.

Some bus trips between Woods Hole and the Boston area have been dropped or changed by Peter Pan Bus Lines, operator of what Cape and Islanders are used to calling the Bonanza bus service.

Victims of gun violence will be remembered during a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. Dec. 14, the first anniversary of the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed 28 lives.

The final event of the jam-packed Holidays by the Sea weekend kept up with tradition as crowds packed both sides of Main Street to catch glimpses of the marching bands, floats and community groups stomping proudly along the route.

Falmouth police are searching for a newer model white GMC pickup truck that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash Saturday night that sent a local woman to the hospital with injuries.

Hundreds of people turned out in Falmouth's Marine Park Saturday morning to greet "Seafaring Santa," who arrived by boat promptly at 11 a.m. After the jolly old elf made his way from the Quickwater to his seat in the harborfront park, a long line formed with children eager to give him their Christmas wishes.

It proceeds from Worcester Court to Davis Straits, then west down Main Street to the Village Green.

Two wind turbines at a Falmouth, Massachusetts, municipal facility will have shorter operating hours following a decision by a state judge.

Free, food available. 2. The annual Renaissance Fair Returns to Woods Hole Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Hall on Water Street.

A 53-year-old New Bedford motorist was arrested on Homestead Lane early Wednesday morning on suspicion of what police said was her third OUI.

Cape Cod Charitable FunRaisers will host the opening of their Spectacle of Trees from 5 to 8 p.m. at the JFK Hyannis Museum, 397 Main St. The evening will feature complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, a wreath auction and two-for-one "tree-bucks" to support one of 16 charities with trees on display this year.

Falmouth will usher in the Christmas season with a Holidays by the Sea Weekend capped Sunday by the 50th annual production of what is billed as "the biggest small-town Christmas parade in all of southeast New England."

Tonight's Saint Petersburg Men's Ensemble Concert at John Wesley United Methodist Church, 270 Gifford St., is a one-time performance of Eastern and Western Liturgical compositions, Russian folk music and seasonal favorites.

A cherished holiday tradition returns to Woods Hole this Saturday: the Woods Hole Renaissance Fair , a free festival at the Community Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bronwen Prosser Armstrong posts on Patch: "Come find the perfect holiday gift made by a local artist, enjoy hearing the solstice singers and live musicians sing and play unique holiday ... (more)

A Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates charter review committee had recommended the replacement of the 15-member assembly with an 11-member board elected from equally populated districts across the Cape and the replacement of the three-member board of county commissioners with a single elected executive.

Inside a Statehouse hearing room, Neil Andersen could only try to explain how a wind turbine affected the past four years of his life in Falmouth.

Lawmakers waded back into a battle waged for years between environmentalists who want to shorten the permitting process for smaller wind energy projects and residents who say their health suffers from living near a turbine.

The answer to Falmouth's turbine turbulence may have more to do with honesty and clarity than the debate over the effects of the turbines' operation.

Enjoy a holiday celebration with Falmouth area's popular Charlie Jamieson Trio featuring vocalist Cerise Bynoe performing festive jazz favorites.

At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates is expected to take up two major issues: a recommendation to change the structure of county government and a proposal to ask the state's inspector general and attorney general to examine two regional energy organizations that have come under intense fire from critics.