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Coming up on the Falmouth Patch calendar: Robin Pierson's September 5th Local Artisans Show

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Greetings Falmouth! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Falmouth residents should do after a fifth West Nile detection
  • How a Cape cocaine sting ended with Falmouth officers and an Uber stop

Also on today's calendar: Robin Pierson's September 5th Local Artisans Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Breezy, humid; a p.m. shower, with a high of 78 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Monday: A few afternoon showers, temps: high: 76, low: 65.
  • Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fifth West Nile-positive mosquito sample reported in Falmouth (capecodtimes.com) — Falmouth has logged its fifth West Nile-positive mosquito sample this season, including a new detection off Woods Hole Road, putting the town at a moderate risk level but with no human cases so far. Local and state health officials urge residents to eliminate standing water, avoid mosquitoes at dusk and after dark, and stay alert as virus activity rises statewide.
   

• Cape Cod cocaine bust ends with the fleeing suspect crouched in the back of an Uber after he allegedly drove at Falmouth officers (massdailynews.com) — Falmouth Police, working with a Cape Cod DEA task force, arrested a Dorchester man in Mashpee after a cocaine investigation in which a driver allegedly sped a vehicle toward Falmouth officers before fleeing. Officers later recovered about 65 grams of suspected cocaine, and the suspect now faces trafficking charges and was held on $10,000 bail at the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • With 29 geothermal wells and three solar arrays, the Woods Hole ferry terminal aims for net zero (capeandislands.org)
  • Fishing News: Public docks offer space to teach youngsters to fish (capeandislands.org)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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