Falmouth News

A local landmark for many, Mahoney's Garden Centers celebrates 30 years on the Cape this May, with the Falmouth location holding an even deeper history.

The last shred of hope for a temporary drawbridge over Eel pond channel in Woods Hole abruptly vanished yesterday.

Marcus J. Miranda, 35, Nancy Avenue, East Falmouth; motor vehicle lights violation, operation of motor vehicle with suspended license on November 1 in Mashpee; to be dismissed upon payment of $100.

Falmouth is getting $188,000 from the state to help pay for repairing potholes. Winter is gone, but her fury is still evident on roads across Massachusetts.

Fitchburg Access Television is pleased to announce its 18th annual Boulder Award will be presented to Fitchburg State University President Dr. Robert V. Antonucci.

Since last fall, six nursing homes in Massachusetts have closed or plan to close, including the 75-resident Falmouth Center next month.

The latest effort to pay for a review of the bloated Falmouth High School renovation project failed this week at town meeting, but more details about the school project may soon come to light.

When a West Dennis real estate broker stumbled upon a muddy plastic bottle nestled in a salt marsh along Swan River on Monday, he first assumed it was trash.

The state has awarded nearly $72 million in low-interest loans for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects on Cape Cod and Nantucket.

Working to make Falmouth a better place is what all the 2014 annual chamber awardees have in common with their years of community service.

Marine Biological Laboratory Falmouth Forum series presents Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Dunn at 7 p.m. on April 18, Lillie Auditorium, Woods Hole.

Police are searching for a 21-year-old Mashpee man who allegedly beat and choked a woman in Falmouth at the beginning of the month.

After two days and hours of debate, Falmouth town meeting agreed Wednesday to send $96.3 million in water and sewer projects to the voters in the May 20 town election.

Town voters will get a chance to decide if Falmouth High School will get a $1.6 million artificial turf athletic field to replace its current worn-out grass field.

An overhaul of the state's domestic violence laws, including new bail guidelines and tougher penalties for abusers, unanimously cleared the Massachusetts House on Tuesday amid concerns from defense attorneys that the bill was hastily drafted and overly broad.

An early morning fire Tuesday at the Towne Tavern on Main Street caused up to $5,000 in damage but put at risk a dozen apartment dwellers upstairs, according to the fire department.

Two suspects wanted in connection with a shooting last month in the New Seabury neighborhood of Mashpee were arraigned today in Falmouth District Court.

Blake J. Wells, 29, Ellsworth Drive, East Falmouth; disorderly conduct, resisting arrest on September 11 in Falmouth; guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $100, other charges dismissed upon request of the commonwealth.

The money, the same amount that was granted in 1938, will be turned over to the league president, Director John R. Tulis of Community Center.

A patron at Club Colosseum told police he suffered a minor wound during a fight at about 1:30 a.m. Police charged 23-year-old Elijah Smith of East Falmouth, Mass., with possession of a weapon, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.