Locals Only — The Dossier, Issue 05

Worth knowing

Zoning board continues hearing on 50 age-restricted units plus 14 single-family homes off Sandwich Road

“requesting a comprehensive permit to construct fifty (50) residential units that will be 55+ age restricted plus fourteen (14) single-family dwellings”

FALMOUTH, MA — Case #066-25, filed by Sandwich Road Housing LLC for '0' (lot 003) Sandwich Road in East Falmouth, is listed as a continuation at 6:00 PM on October 1, 2026. The applicant is requesting a comprehensive permit to construct fifty residential units that will be 55+ age restricted, plus fourteen single-family dwellings.

The members listed for the case are Murphy, Morse, Duffy, Peterson and Finneran. The hearing is in the Select Board's Meeting Room at Town Hall, 59 Town Hall Square.

SOURCE — ZBA Public Hearing and Open Meeting - AGENDA, October 1, 2026 (amended 9/28) · view the record →

Vote anticipated

Board to review draft decision on 809 Sandwich Road

FALMOUTH, MA — In the open meeting portion of the October 1 agenda, the Zoning Board of Appeals will review a draft decision in case #059-25, Falmouth Residential LLC, 809 Sandwich Road, East Falmouth. The agenda notes a vote is anticipated.

Also listed are votes on minutes, board discussion, Zoning Administrator updates and future agenda items. The next scheduled public hearings are October 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Select Board's Meeting Room at Town Hall.

SOURCE — ZBA Public Hearing and Open Meeting - AGENDA, October 1, 2026 (amended 9/28) · view the record →

On the consent agenda

Grant application would swap five gas HVAC units at Gus Canty for electric rooftop units

FALMOUTH, MA — The October 5 Select Board consent agenda, set for 6:35 PM, includes a vote to authorize the Town Manager to approve a Certification of Application for a Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Green Communities Competitive Grant. The grant would replace five end-of-life, natural gas-fired HVAC units at the Gus Canty Recreation Center, 790 Main Street, with five high-efficiency electric rooftop units.

Also on the consent agenda are two Community Preservation Act funding applications: $50,000 for improvements to the Davisville Cemetery at 0 Robert Road Off, and $22,000 for the Robinson Cemetery at 0 East Falmouth Hwy.

SOURCE — Select Board Meeting, October 5, 2026 · view the record →

Worth knowing

Board to weigh letter asking state plumbing regulators to allow urine-diverting toilets

FALMOUTH, MA — At 7:25 PM on October 5 the Select Board takes up a 20-minute update on the urine diversion project, including a vote on whether to send a letter to the Massachusetts Plumbing Board seeking approval to install urine diverting toilet fixtures.

The agenda describes the fixtures as part of a demonstration project funded by a state grant awarded to the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center.

SOURCE — Select Board Meeting, October 5, 2026 · view the record →

In progress

Select Board to discuss cultural districts for Woods Hole and Falmouth Village, and a town poet laureate

FALMOUTH, MA — At 6:45 PM the Board has 30 minutes scheduled to discuss the benefits and the Mass Cultural Council program requirements for the potential creation of the Woods Hole and Falmouth Village Cultural Districts.

Later in the business portion, at 7:45 PM, the Board is scheduled to discuss and consider the appointment of a poet laureate for the Town of Falmouth, with 20 minutes allotted.

SOURCE — Select Board Meeting, October 5, 2026 · view the record →

Worth knowing

Two October 14 filings involve work done without prior approval

FALMOUTH, MA — Judith Burns of 47 Emerson Road is asking for permission to demolish an existing garage and construct an addition in its place, and for after-the-fact permission for an expansion of hardscape and the installation of a shed. The request is filed as a Request for Determination of Applicability.

Under a Notice of Intent, Jeff Thibodeau of 95 Teaticket Path is asking for permission to remove an unpermitted terrace, replace the existing shed, enlarge the existing patio, reconstruct the deck stairs, and install mitigation plantings. The Conservation Commission meets October 14, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

SOURCE — Conservation Commission Public Hearing Notice, October 14, 2026 · view the record →

How to participate

Conservation hearing is closed to in-person attendance, with Zoom and email the only ways to comment

FALMOUTH, MA — The Commission states that its October 14 meeting will be physically closed to the public. It will be televised via Falmouth Community Television, and real-time comment is taken through Zoom, with chat comments read into the record. Zoom instructions and the meeting link are posted at falmouthma.gov/Conservation.

Written comments may be emailed to concom@falmouthma.gov at least 5 hours before the meeting starts and become part of the record. Among the items listed are a request from Joe Valle at 415 Shorewood Drive, East Falmouth, to abandon an existing sewage disposal system, install a new Title 5 mounded system with an impervious barrier, relocate utilities and remove 4 trees, and a request from Brett Wentworth at 2 Moses Road, North Falmouth, to install a shoreline protection system.

SOURCE — Conservation Commission Public Hearing Notice, October 14, 2026 · view the record →

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