How to Keep Your New Year's Resolution
Are you making a resolution this year? Do you want to lose weight, gain a new skill or organize your house? Whatever your resolution is, here are some tips to help you stick to it throughout the year....
View ArticleHow to Have a Waste-Free Holiday
Before you buy another roll of gift wrap and leave those holiday lights on all night, we have some tips to help you have a waste-free holiday this year. The holiday season can be the most wasteful time...
View ArticlePolice Log: Teen Arrested on Warrant for Carrying Dangerous Weapon on School...
Notable incidents from Wednesday December 19, 2012 2:28 a.m.: Teaticket Hwy., suspicious person, arrested Angela Marie Landolfi, 29, East Falmouth; arrest warrant service, receive stolen property under...
View ArticlePedestrian Struck by Car in Falmouth, Critically Injured
The accident occurred near Aubuchon Hardware at about 4:21 p.m., according to the Cape Cod Times. The victim was apparently walking along Teaticket Highway when a car struck him. He was taken to...
View ArticleThe 12 Best Children's Books of 2012
Courtesy of the ReadKiddoRead Foundation Maurice Sendak once said that one of the best things about being a maker of children’s books was that his audience kept being born. It’s true, of course: The...
View ArticleWhere's Santa? Track Him Live from Falmouth!
They sent him their wish lists, sat on his lap, and left cookies and milk for his arrival. Now the only thing left for children to do is track Santa's progress as he delivers gifts around the world...
View ArticleGardening For Idiots, Written By The Biggest Gardening Idiot of Them All
If you live on the Island and you’re not constantly yammering on about your acer rubrum or hammamelis japonica, you clearly need to go back to whatever misbegotten suburb or metropolis you came from....
View ArticleFive Things to Know Today: Monday December 24
1. It will be sunny today with a few afternoon clouds and a high around 40F. 2. The Falmouth Baptist Church will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight Communion service at 7 tonight and a Christmas Day...
View ArticleChristmas Fun Facts and Trivia
We know that there were three Wise Men, 12 days of Christmas and that Santa delivers all his presents around the world in one night. But did you know... $23,439.38 How much it would cost to buy your...
View ArticleShare Photos and Videos of Your Children Opening Their Christmas Presents
"Opening presents is like playing air hockey with God," is what Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal once wrote in trying to capture the joy of children opening gifts on Christmas morning. There's not much...
View ArticleSeason's Greetings
I love Christmas. Like little-kid love. Like oh my gawd Santa is coming. Santa! Like Elf-level of love. I love the planning. Paying attention all year and trying to find the perfect ornament for each...
View ArticleWhat’s Open, What’s Closed in Falmouth Christmas Day
Open Today: Convenience stores Some retail stores Some restaurants Closed Today: Town Offices The Transfer Station State and Federal Offices Post Offices Public Libraries Banks Bond and stock markets...
View ArticleTIEBREAKER: Vote for Your Favorite Cat
There is a tie this week between photo #7, Nesta and Narbles by Nat Cote, and Photo #10, Bailey by Sara O'Connor. We're asking you to help us break the tie. Voting begins 5:00am Wed., Dec. 26 and ends...
View ArticleEarn Your Stripes: Pass Our Candy Cane Quiz
It's National Candy Cane Day, which seems fitting given that you likely have a surplus lying around at this point in the holiday season. We visited the National Confectioners Association website to...
View ArticleWho's Falmouth's Person of the Year?
On Dec. 19, Time magazine named President Obama their Person of the Year, again! The magazine invited votes on 40 candidates, including the president, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options...
View ArticleSenate GOP Plans Comprehensive Sex Offender Legislation
Senate Republicans expect to file comprehensive legislation during the new session aimed at reforming how information about sex offenders is shared between law enforcement and other officials. The bill...
View ArticleWater Search Turned Into Recovery Mission for Cape Cod Man Missing In Maine
The search for Prescott Wright,23, of Barnstable and Zachary Wells, 21, of Vermont, students at the Landing School, a boat building school in Arundel, Maine, has turned into a recovery mission. The...
View ArticlePolice Log: Two Falmouth Men Arrested for Shoplifting
Notable incidents from Saturday December 22, 2012 2:02 a.m.: 18 Captain Cook Ln., missing person, advised 11:35 a.m.: 586 Flint St., larceny, report taken 1:09 p.m.: 59 Santuit-Netown Rd., larceny,...
View ArticlePolice Log: East Falmouth Man Arrested for Threatening to Commit Murder
Notable incidents from Monday December 24, 2012 2:11 p.m.: Sam Turner Rd., illegal dumping, report 4:32 p.m.: Davis Straits, domestic disturbance, report 7:56 p.m.: Turner Rd., threat, report 9:20...
View ArticleYarmouth Police Host Gun Turn In Day
From the Yarmouth Police Department: On Saturday, January 5, 2013 from 8AM to 4PM Yarmouth Police Headquarters will serve as a collection point for anyone who has unwanted firearms or ammunition....
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