Falmouth Releases July Roundup of Town Department Activity

Falmouth posted its monthly look at town operations this week, rounding up July activity across municipal departments, while the Board of Assessors and Conservation Commission both have business on Wednesday's Town Hall calendar and the public library keeps a packed schedule of drop-in programs running into next month.

TOWN HALL The town published its "What's Happening Around Town?" update for July, a department-by-department look at municipal activity posted to the town website this week. The record gives residents a broad snapshot of town operations rather than a single announcement, covering routine business across offices.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Massachusetts Colleges Make Princeton Review's 2027 Best List," Falmouth Patch reports. The education-services company included 392 schools nationwide in its annual Best Colleges guide, and Massachusetts institutions were well represented, according to Patch staff writer Benjamin Pierce (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/falmouth/s/ko05w/massachusetts-colleges-make-princeton-review-s-2027-best-list).

"Jean Carol Labich Obituary (2026) - East Falmouth, MA - Chapman Funerals & Cremations," per a notice from Chapman Funerals & Cremations posted on Legacy.com. Labich, 88, died peacefully on Aug. 21 in Falmouth surrounded by family, the notice states (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jean-labich-obituary?id=62265109).

COMING UP The Board of Assessors and the Conservation Commission both meet Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Town Hall.

The library's three branches are busy through early September. At the Main Library on Wednesday afternoon, look for Ask a Master Gardener, a League of Women Voters of Falmouth session, and an Open Art Studio: How to Draw and Comic Club meetup. The East Falmouth branch runs a Stay & Make drop-in craft Wednesday morning, Library LEGO Time and Why Knot Knit Nite on Thursday, a scavenger hunt and Mah Jongg Beginner Open Play on Saturday, and a Maker Mondays magnet-themed session on Aug. 31. North Falmouth's branch holds a scavenger hunt Friday, Games on the Library Lawn on Aug. 31, and a Stay & Make drop-in craft on Sept. 1.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.