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Northern Meetings: Nov. 16-23

Chebeague Island Thu.  11/16  6 p.m.  Facilities Committee  Zoom Fri.  11/17  3 p.m.  Aquaculture Scoping  Town Hall Falmouth Thu.  11/16  5 p.m.  Long-Range Planning  Town Hall Freeport Sat.  11/18  10 a.m.  Climate Action Workshop  Library Tue.  11/21  6 p.m.  Town Council Workshop  Zoom, Town Hall Wed.  11/22  12:30 p.m.  Core District Working Group  Town Hall […]

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Forum: What makes Falmouth’s village center a village?

What’s in a word? When it describes the center of a community developed intentionally over 37 years, it matters a lot. When the word is “village,” height and style matter, too. Falmouth’s village as depicted on signage and its village center ordinances have such a history dating to at least the 1986 Route 1 Study. […]

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Nov. 7 election results: Falmouth

Falmouth voters overwhelmingly approved a citizen’s initiative referendum Tuesday to decrease the allowed height of buildings in the town center. The vote was 2,732 to 1,719. The Town Zoning and Floodplain Management Ordinance applies to Village Center Districts and will reduce the maximum height of new buildings to 45 feet from the currently allowed 65 […]

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Letter: Decide elections with votes, not by stealing signs

Every election cycle, we hear complaints about candidate or referendum signs appearing along the roadside having been removed supposedly by people of differing opinion. Again, this time, signs supporting the only Falmouth referendum question have been removed from the public right of way on Route 1. Maine state law states that anyone who “takes, defaces […]