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Planning Board continues duplex and contractor's yard hearings.

Falmouth Planning Board deferred two contested development applications on June 2. The board voted unanimously to continue a Special Permit and Site Plan Review for a five-duplex, 50-bedroom housing project at 538 North Falmouth Highway to July 7, 2026, after abutters raised traffic and screening

WQMC backs outfall environmental report for state submission

Water Quality Management Committee unanimously recommends state submission of draft outfall environmental report. Falmouth Wastewater Superintendent Amy Lowell presented a DEIR reflecting three years of data and hydrodynamic modeling to advance the town's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination

Committee questions its role after Select Board sidelines input on DEIB consultant.

Falmouth's DEIB Advisory Committee convened to reassess its standing after the Select Board declined to adopt its recommendations on a consultant-led diversity strategic plan. Chair Mananjo Jonahson presented historical documents showing the town's DEIB officer position, approved and funded by Town

Board of Assessors meeting cancelled due to lack of quorum

Falmouth Board of Assessors unable to meet. The May 27 session was cancelled due to lack of quorum, preventing scheduled business on residential exemptions and review of property abatement and exemption applications from advancing.

School Committee reorganizes; special Town Meeting approved for North Falmouth Elementary

Falmouth School Committee reorganizes with Kelly Welch as Chair, Melissa Keefe as Vice-Chair, Margaret Souza as Secretary. The board unanimously approved a Special Town Meeting draft for the North Falmouth Elementary Truss Reinforcement Project, with an edit to funding language; the special meeting