There are certain things that set my heart aflutter. Some are not suitable material for a public family forum such as this. But the one I’d like to talk about today is filled with childlike innocence. It’s snow. And I am here to confess that I love the stuff. Snowflakes. Snowmen. And snow days. It […]

TEL AVIV — This is certainly an interesting time to be in Israel. But isn’t it always? As I sit in the hotel lobby following brunch in a crowded cafe, I’m reminded of prior exceptional visits to this country. There was the visit during the Second Intifada, when the hotels were empty. There was the […]

We the taxpayers are co-signers on billions of dollars of state borrowing. This has great potential to trickle down to the local municipalities. Maybe the Falmouth Town Council is not aware of more shortfalls coming our way, as the council is looking at expanding the financial burden in Falmouth and they believe they can make […]

After months of extensive exploration and debate, the Falmouth Town Council has agreed to pursue a plan that would let residents vote on the fate of the Lunt and Plummer-Motz school buildings. A single question will allow the community to unite around this issue. I am impressed that the council so diligently considered the input […]

It was not initially a noteworthy day, but for 8-year-old Clyde Smith, Friday, Sept. 5, 1924, would certainly become one. What happened came, literally, out of the blue. Clyde’s father was John Smith, an English expatriate with the good fortune to have barely missed his reserved billet to America aboard the ill-fated Titanic. He had […]

The Falmouth Town Council proposal to retain, rehab, and rent the Plummer school is a loser. And we Falmouth taxpayers were warned. Warned costs exceed revenue for 10 years plus. Warned by Town Manager Nathan Poore. He said, “Regarding the Plummer building, the council has more to think about regarding the costs to bring that […]

Let me see if I understand this correctly. If a town councilor who is a “developer,” or who owns property that might be developed in the future, votes on a measure before the council which impacts development, there is a “conflict of interest?” By this logic, applied to Councilor Fred Chase in a recent article […]

It is wonderful to be able to take our dogs to Royal River Park. I have, however, noticed with the onset of winter and snow that some of us are neglectful in picking up after our dogs. Contrary to what some may believe, the snow will melt, but the poops will not. With the melting […]

My wife and I watched the Falmouth Town Council meeting on Feb. 14 and were very disappointed to see that they are leaning strongly towards moving the library to the Lunt School in addition to creating a Community Center. It looks as though a referendum will be held and will contain a ballot that requires […]

Regarding Steve Bunkers comments about the USS JFK, it’s not true that all museum ships are rusting into the seabed. I have been a volunteer on the USS Salem, a 720-foot steel World War II museum ship near Boston for over 10 years and am quite aware of the difficulties involved. The USS Salem is […]