Elizabeth Saito

Falmouth

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Scenes Around Town: Giving Old Bikes New Lives

3 weeks ago | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Around 8:30 PM on a recent Thursday, Jacob Perry, shop manager for the Falmouth Bike Lab, finally succeeded in detaching a set of drop-down handlebars from an old Peugeot bicycle. In their place, he affixed a set of straight handlebars salvaged from another bike deemed unredeemable. “That’s how the name ‘lab’ for the Bike Lab developed,” Perry said.
Scenes Around Town: Celebrating The Buddha’s Birth

1 month ago | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

On a recent Tuesday just as the sun was setting, Joseph LaBrecque, a member of the Falmouth Soto Zen Sangha, picked up a small spruce branch resting in a bowl of water and gently tapped it on the heads of the 16 buddha statues arranged on a makeshift altar in a small room of the First Congregational Church’s parish hall. The touch of water on the figurines symbolizes the washing of the Buddha, the central act in the celebration of his birth.
Daybreak At The Bakery

Mar 25, 2025 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

At 5:54 AM on a recent Friday Boris Villatte, owner of Maison Villatte bakery on Main Street, took a long metal spatula and spread pastry cream across a seven-foot slab of croissant dough—he had already been at work for almost five hours. “I don’t sleep much,” said Mr. Villatte, who eats dinner with his wife and 11-year-old son before falling asleep at around 8:30 PM. “Sometimes I nap in the afternoon.
Coffee And Politics, 24 Years-And Counting

Jan 3, 2025 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

At 8:37 AM on a recent Saturday, sitting in a upholstered chair at Coffee Obsession, David J. Kent took a sip of his medium black coffee and resumed talking with members of his informal social group, which has been meeting nearly every Saturday at the Palmer Avenue coffee shop for the past 24 years. “This is our church,” said Jesus J. Pineda, a native of Mexico and a benthic ecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mr. Kent balked.
Coffee And Politics, 24 Years--And Counting

Jan 3, 2025 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

At 8:37 AM on a recent Saturday, sitting in a upholstered chair at Coffee Obsession, David J. Kent took a sip of his medium black coffee and resumed talking with members of his informal social group, which has been meeting nearly every Saturday at the Palmer Avenue coffee shop for the past 24 years. “This is our church,” said Jesus J. Pineda, a native of Mexico and a benthic ecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mr. Kent balked.
Science Workers Are Leaving Woods Hole: What Can Be Done?

May 23, 2024 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Emily R. Curcio, 25, felt pleased when she accepted a research assistant position at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole in May 2022, and found a year-round rental in Sippewissett that she shared with five other people, all employees at Woods Hole science institutions. But in August, when the landlord raised the rent sharply and gave the tenants two weeks to sign a new lease, all six roommates decided to find someplace more affordable. That proved difficult.
Saxon Engineer Clarifies Misstatement

May 3, 2024 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Saxon Partner’s engineer said this week that he misspoke during his presentation to the zoning board last week, when he stated the company has not been transparent about its future plans for the undeveloped land under its control off Sandwich Road. The comment set off a round of applause from the audience, which the engineer later said confused him.
Road Map For Falmouth's Housing Future Close To Certification

May 2, 2024 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Months of intensive work by the town’s housing and planning departments have given birth to a new Housing Production Plan, which is currently on the desk of the state housing department, awaiting its final approval. The report outlines the state of housing in Falmouth and strategies to help Falmouth achieve its goal of adding 80 units of affordable housing per year for the next five years.
Tension Boils Over At Saxon's Zoning Board Hearing

Apr 30, 2024 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Tensions ran high at last week's Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, at which the town's lawyer further pressed Saxon Partners to allow a wildlife study on the 13 acres of land off Sandwich Road where the company plans to build a 300-unit Chapter 40B apartment complex.
Saxon, Owner Decline Wildlife Study Request

Apr 12, 2024 | capenews.net | Elizabeth Saito

Saxon Partners, the company seeking to develop 13 acres of woodland off Sandwich Road in East Falmouth into a 300-unit apartment complex, has declined the town’s request to conduct a wildlife survey that would have documented the presence or absence of eastern box turtles, a species threatened by habitat destruction. The company’s lawyer said the property owners declined to grant biologists access to the property to conduct the study, which neighbors who oppose the development are advocating for.