Town Co-Sponsors Two Juneteenth Events; Brick Kiln Road Closure Begins June 22
The Town of Falmouth is co-sponsoring two Juneteenth celebrations ahead of this Friday's holiday, and drivers on the western side of town should plan now for a new weekday road closure on Brick Kiln Road beginning one week from today.
TOWN HALL
The Town of Falmouth announced it will co-sponsor two Juneteenth events in observance of the June 19 federal holiday. Full event details are posted at falmouthma.gov.
Motorists should also note an upcoming sewer-project detour: starting Monday, June 22, Brick Kiln Road will be closed from Sandwich Road to a point roughly a quarter-mile west of Oxbow Road. The closure operates weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and runs through July 27. A detour will be in effect during those hours.
Two town boards convene Thursday, June 18: the Falmouth Retirement System holds its regular meeting and the Zoning Board of Appeals holds a public hearing and open meeting.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Falmouth Public Library fills Tuesday, June 16 with programming across all three branches. The main branch hosts "Road to Revolution: The Occupation of Boston," running all day, along with a Storytime at 10:30 a.m., a VNA of Cape Cod Hospital session at 10:30 a.m., and a 1 p.m. workshop on "Creative Ways of Coping with Dementia & Alzheimer's." At the East Falmouth branch, "Stories, Songs and Instruments" gets under way at 10 a.m. The North Falmouth branch holds a "Stay & Make: Drop-In Craft" session at 10 a.m.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
Falmouth Patch's morning digest asks "🌱 Patch AM: Which Falmouth runners just earned Cape and Islands All-Star honors?" — the roundup highlights local track-and-field athletes who received regional recognition this spring, per Falmouth Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/falmouth).
CBS Boston, in a report carried by Falmouth Patch, covers "Endangered Whale Recently Seen Off Cape Cod May Need Rescue After Entanglement." A five-year-old male whale that had been spotted swimming free of gear in Cape Cod Bay in late April may now be entangled again, raising concern among marine rescue teams, per CBS Boston as reported on Falmouth Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/falmouth).
COMING UP
- Tuesday, June 16: Road to Revolution: The Occupation of Boston, all day, Falmouth Public Library main branch; Creative Ways of Coping with Dementia & Alzheimer's, 1 p.m., main branch; Stories, Songs and Instruments, 10 a.m., East Falmouth Library branch - Tuesday, June 17: Stay & Make: Drop-In Craft, 9:30 a.m., East Falmouth Library branch - Thursday, June 18: Falmouth Retirement System meeting; ZBA Public Hearing and Open Meeting; Library LEGO Time, 3:30 p.m., East Falmouth branch; Why Knot Knit Nite, 5 p.m., East Falmouth branch - Friday, June 19: Juneteenth — town co-sponsored events (details at falmouthma.gov) - Saturday, June 20: Scavenger Hunt, 9 a.m., and It's Game Time!, 9 a.m., East Falmouth Library branch - Monday, June 22: Brick Kiln Road closes for sewer construction, weekdays 7 a.m.–5 p.m. through July 27