3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (455+ words) Sketches from an Orleans nature journal walk this week This week I had the honor and privilege of leading a group of people through the woods out to the salt marsh with the Orleans Conservation Trust to do a little…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (980+ words) Falmouth’s water system faces increased demand during the summer months as the town works to balance water use with the available supply. Falmouth’s summer water demand is putting increasing pressure on the town’s water system, prompting the Select Board on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (606+ words) The chicken bus at Farming Falmouth’s community farm hub, The Patch, shortens the ride for local eggs. As I browsed in one of our grocery megastores the other day, I could almost feel my arm levitating, extending seemingly of its…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (94+ words) Tuesday, August 16, 1960 Rip’s Stage Fire Was Nearly Too Realistic The Rip Van Winkle Players’ salute to Bourne last week, as the one to Falmouth a week earlier, was postponed a night because of a rainy Wednesday. Carl H. Hiler, Sandwich…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (171+ words) We have certainly been having our fair share of high heat and humidity this summer. Luckily, many of us have air-conditioned spaces we can retreat to for cooling and our bodies have a relatively efficient method of cooling off via…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (645+ words) The young orioles have grown and left already, but there are still a few barely fledged catbirds and mockingbirds taking advantage of the various berries in our yard, especially the quickly ripening black cherries. There are Carolina wrens, nuthatches, and…...