Town Keeps Two Roads Closed Weekdays for Sewer Work

Brick Kiln Road and Maravista Avenue Extension will stay closed to through traffic on weekdays this week as the town's ongoing sewer construction project continues, according to a town update issued Friday.

TOWN HALL

The town's Department of Public Works reported that Brick Kiln Road remains closed between Sandwich Road and Oxbow Road, and Maravista Avenue Extension remains closed between Teaticket Highway and Mattapan Street, as sewer installation work continues. Both closures run 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and drivers are being directed to use posted detours during those hours, per the town's construction-update page.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

The Falmouth Public Library opens "Road to Revolution: The Boston Tea Party," an all-day program at the Main Library on Monday, July 20, part of the library's push into local and national Colonial-era history programming. The same morning, the library hosts Library Lawn Games at 10 a.m. on the Main Library lawn, one of several outdoor drop-in activities the library has been running this summer across its Main, East Falmouth and North Falmouth branches.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"Patch AM: How a Falmouth lawmaker wants to slash your concert ticket fees" — A Massachusetts legislator representing Falmouth is backing a bill aimed at capping or curbing add-on fees consumers pay when buying concert tickets, per Patch. The outlet did not name the lawmaker or bill number in its preview (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/falmouth).

COMING UP

The Board of Assessors and the Conservation Commission both meet Wednesday, July 22, according to the town's online calendar. The library's East Falmouth branch hosts a Stay & Make drop-in craft session Wednesday, July 22, at 9:30 a.m., followed by Library LEGO Time on Thursday, July 23, at 3:30 p.m. The North Falmouth branch has a scavenger hunt Friday, July 24, at 2 p.m., followed by a Pop-Up Playground session with The PlaySpace at 3 p.m. the same day.