Falmouth Board of Health Suspends Tobacco Sales at Two Stores, Fines Each $2,000

FALMOUTH — June 8, 2026 — Falmouth Board of Health fines two tobacco retailers $2,000 each and orders seven-day sales suspensions. The board voted unanimously Monday to penalize Cumberland Farms at 212 Teaticket Highway and Garrett's Family Market at 302 Palmer Avenue for second violations of the town's tobacco sales regulation within 36 months, with Cumberland Farms' suspension beginning June 15 and Garrett's beginning June 10. Cumberland Farms district manager Jenny Raver told the board the offending employee had been terminated and the store had disabled a register override that had allowed staff to bypass ID scans. Garrett's vice president of operations Megan Jacobs sought leniency, arguing the market's January 2025 prior violation involved a banned flavored product — not an underage sale — but the board noted the regulation says "shall" and declined. The board also continued a contentious variance request for a failing cesspool at 227 Edgewater Drive West on Keel Pond, with members pressing for a plan to incorporate an advanced nitrogen-treatment system despite the town's written rules not explicitly requiring one for non-new-construction projects.