Dave Watkins

State health officials confirmed West Nile virus in a Falmouth mosquito sample collected July 21 near Sider's Pond, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced July 24. The finding adds a public-health note to a week already busy with construction and community programming: …

Falmouth's library takes center stage this week with its "Road to Revolution: The Boston Tea Party" program running Friday and Saturday at the Main branch. Alongside it, the library packed its calendar with an Open Art Studio session, a lawn concert by Woof Woof Meow, and the Falmouth E…

A fisherman was rescued Saturday after treading water for two and a half hours without a life jacket, roughly eight miles off Cape Cod, according to a CBS Boston report carried by Falmouth Patch — the second high-profile Cape water rescue to make headlines this month, after last week's …

Falmouth Patch reports rising homelessness is reshaping daily life for neighbors across town, the day's top story. A separate Patch report highlighted how a local charitable fund recently stepped in to help a struggling Falmouth father get back on his feet. At the Falmouth Public Librar…

A grounded 130-foot yacht evacuated all 13 people safely off Woods Hole as Falmouth firefighters aided the Coast Guard. The Crescent Custom motor yacht Favor ran aground in the Woods Hole passage last Friday, July 17, with everyone aboard escaping without injury, a story Falmouth Patch'…

Falmouth's sewer construction project kept Brick Kiln Road and Maravista Avenue Extension closed to through traffic on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the town said Friday. The Falmouth Public Library opened its "Road to Revolution: The Boston Tea Party" program at the Main Library on Monda…