I am pleased to announce my candidacy for re-election to the Falmouth School Board. As a member of School Board, I have served three years on Finance Committee and the last two years as both finance chairwoman and vice chairwoman of the board. I have remained dedicated to maintaining top-quality educational experiences for our students […]

As a former member of the Falmouth School Board and former state representative and senator, I welcome the opportunity to express my support for Patricia Kirby for Town Council. Our community is very fortunate to attract individuals of her caliber as candidates. Her impressive educational credentials and extensive professional and business experience will help her […]

I am writing to endorse the candidacy of Karyl Hazard for the Falmouth School Board. Karyl’s dedication to the schools has been evident for the past few years, as she both volunteered in classroom activities, as well as actively participated in the School Board meetings. It is her intent and expectation that Falmouth schools continue […]

With all the issues going on in our nation right now, there are some extremely important ones that are frequently overlooked, one of which is overfishing. A fair share of our nation turns to our oceans for sources of food, as they have in the past, but in the process we are depleting the population […]

As a Cumberland resident and a former School Board member, I encourage citizen support of the proposed 2011-12 SAD 51 budget and the associated recommendation to close Drowne Road School. The budget calls for an operating increase of 1.62 percent, particularly modest in light of three years of flat budgeting. There is a decline, albeit […]

Usually when a person bites into a steaming hot lobster during a local shore dinner, they probably aren’t thinking about plastic. But that large metal pot of boiling water has acted as a catalyst to release toxins into all of that delicious meat. But why am I talking about plastics? Some plastics can absorb incredible […]

As long-term Falmouth residents, parents of current Falmouth public school students, property owners and property taxpayers, we appreciate the value a strong school system brings to our town. Analiese Larson and Lucy Tucker also understand this. Both Analiese and Lucy recognize the difficulties of the current economic climate and the need for sacrifice and compromise; […]

Falmouth takes a proactive approach to economic development and creating a strategic vision for our shared future as a community. For example, in October 2010 the Long Range Planning Advisory Committee released a survey of residents asking them how they felt about our town today and where to improve for the future. Over 550 residents […]

My husband and I both grew up in Yarmouth and after a decade living in Boston, we moved back to Maine seven years ago with our newborn daughter. We chose to make Falmouth our home because of its strong sense of community and excellent school system. With an MBA and 16 years of business experience, […]

It’s sad to see what has happened to Falmouth in the last few years. A friendly town has become polarized. I’m not sure when it started. Was it the more stringent development rules? Was it the extended boundaries around vernal pools? Was it the cry for a “Town Center”? Was it the use of charettes […]