Stop & Shop Takes Calico Bean Salad Off Shelf
Stop & Shop has stopped selling its Calico Bean Salad after a voluntary recall by its manufacturer because of possible listeria contamination. The product is normally sold at the salad bar in Stop...
View ArticleCourt Report: August 7
ARRAIGNMENTS CASHIN, PETER J., 39, 189 Roxy Cahoon Road, Plymouth; shoplifting by asportation (two counts, fifth offense), larceny under $250 (three counts), embezzling/stealing/obtaining by fraud...
View Article5 Things You Need to Know Today, 8/8
1) Mostly sunny today, with temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s. Clouds will likely roll in around nightfall, though rain isn't expected. Overnight temperatures in the mid 60s. 2) The Falmouth...
View ArticleRunning for Something
When Arnold Rosenberg takes the starting line at this Sunday's Falmouth Road Race, he will be embarking on his seventh straight running of the iconic event. Though an avid runner for decades, he came...
View ArticleTeenage Drinking: Rite of Passage or Against the Law?
Since Prohibition, Americans have had an uneasy relationship with alcohol and underage drinking. After Prohibition ended in 1933, the legal drinking age was 21. During the Vietnam War it dropped to...
View ArticleWhat Will You Buy This Weekend?
While Massachusetts is having a holiday from the 6.25 percent sales tax this weekend, will you buy something just because you don't have to pay sales tax? Tobacco, restaurant meals and single items...
View ArticleVillage-Wide Fair Coming to Waquoit
Falmouth's smallest village will be hosting a special celebration on Saturday, August 25, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Waquoit Day Celebration will feature live music, great food, kids' activities,...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Falmouth Farmers' Market
Check out some of the organic, locally produced items at the Falmouth Farmers' Market, every Thursday at Peg Noonan Park. If you have photos of the Farmers' Market that you would like to share,...
View ArticleFalmouth to Lower Flag to Half-Staff For Wisconsin Temple Shooting Victims
The Falmouth Town Hall will lower its American Flag to half mast to pay tribute to the Wisconsin Temple Shooting victims. The flag will fly at half staff until Friday. Governor Deval Patrick has...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: August 7-8
He following information was provided by the Falmouth Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Tuesday, August 7 8:29 a.m.: Police responded to a report of vandalism at a Falmouth Heights...
View ArticleWell Fed in Falmouth: The Barking Claw
East Falmouth father and son team Bill and Nason Swain of The Barking Claw may be new to the food stand business, but they're no strangers to good food. “Yeah, we eat,” says Bill. “We've been eating...
View ArticleCourt Report: August 8
ARRAIGNMENTS PACHECO, ROBERT S., 59, 54 Cedar Street, East Falmouth; assault with a dangerous weapon, vandalizing property. Pretrial hearing Sept. 26. DISPOSITIONS CALLANAN, REBECCA A., 22, 640 Palmer...
View Article5 Things You Need to Know Today, 8/9
1) Mostly sunny today, and humid, with temperatures in the low 80s. Foggy in the morning, with visibility at times dropping below a quarter of a mile. Clouds will roll in around sundown, with some...
View ArticleWHOI Hosts Ocean Science Forum
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hosted a public forum at Redfield Auditorium Wednesday evening, highlighting the serious but little-discussed issue of ocean acidification. The event shed...
View ArticleUpload Your Nature Photo, Weekly Prize
Ah, New England and nature. Snow, heat, cold, fog, pelting hail and wind-driven horizontal rain, we have it. We also have hurricanes, tornadoes, Nor'easters, lunar tides, coyotes, deer, ticks,...
View ArticleKatharine Lee Bates Returns to Falmouth
Katharine Lee Bates, Falmouth's local poetry icon, celebrated her 153rd birthday Wednesday afternoon, with the annual poetry festival named in her honor, at the Falmouth Historical Society's Museums...
View ArticleWhat is your favorite bit of dialogue from 'Jaws'?
Everyone has a favorite line from the movie "Jaws," especially fishermen. "Jaws" was released in 1975. For those of us who like to swim in the ocean, the experience has never been quite the same,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: August 8
The following information was provided by the Falmouth Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Wednesday, August 8 8:50 a.m.: Police responded to a report of ID theft or fraud at a...
View ArticleCourt Report: August 9
ARRAIGNMENTS AYERS, COURTNEY M., 27, 123 Hayway Road, East Falmouth; possession of a class A drug. Pretrial hearing Sept. 20. DANIELS, GREGG R., 42, 56 Dean Street, Apartment 1R, Taunton; operating a...
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