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Hello Falmouth! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How new fiber internet could change your monthly bill in Falmouth
• How Falmouth High students are helping classmates in mental health crisis

Also on today's calendar: Men's Bible Study and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 50 degrees.
• Sunday: A steady morning breeze, temps: high: 63, low: 60.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 64 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Falmouth Didn't Build Its Own Network, But a Citizen-Led Effort Still Brought Fiber to Town (broadbandbreakfast.com) — Falmouth residents and businesses are set to gain new fiber internet options as Gateway Fiber begins building a network in town, following years of citizen advocacy through FalmouthNet and the Municipal Light Plant. Most addresses should be served, competition is already pressuring Comcast to lower prices, and a ribbon-cutting is planned for October 27, with preorders now open online.
   

• Mental health listening tour brings focus to Cape Cod's challenges (capecodtimes.com) — Cape Cod's growing mental health response now includes a Hope Squad peer-support program at Falmouth High School, launched in 2022 to help students spot and respond to warning signs of suicide. During a state listening tour stop, officials heard how Harwich-based Sharing Kindness and school-based efforts are tackling Barnstable County's especially high youth suicide risk with new funding and expanded grief and prevention services.
   

📸 Around Falmouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Falmouth

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 13
• Silly Goose Storytime →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Men's Bible Study →
  60 Central Park Ct, Falmouth
  8:00 am
• Yarmouth Seaside Festival →
  Joshua Sears Memorial Playground, 1175 MA-28, Yarmouth
  10:00 am
• Falmouth Art Center Presents: Abstract Juried Exhibition →
  Falmouth Art Center, 137 Gifford St, Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Falmouth Garden Club's Harvest House Tour →
  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 481 Quaker Rd, Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Tour the Gardens at the Museums on the Green this Summer →
  Falmouth Historical Society, 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth
  11:00 am
• Sinners, Saints, and Silent Souls: A Special Halloween Burying Ground Walking Tour →
  Falmouth Historical Society, 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth
  3:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Yarmouth Seaside Festival →
  Joshua Sears Memorial Playground, 1175 MA-28, Yarmouth
  10:00 am
• Falmouth Art Center Presents: Outside the Ordinary →
  Falmouth Art Center, 137 Gifford St, Falmouth
  1:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Intermediate Mahjong →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  12:30 pm
• Seaside Knitters →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  1:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Midweek Meditation →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc. posted a job opening for Scheduling Access Specialist, Medical Clinic (Falmouth) in Falmouth. Apply here.
• Falmouth Public Schools posted a job opening for Head Custodian in Falmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Falmouth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mashpee

• Franklin Park could get Boston's first monument honoring Indigenous communities (capeandislands.org)
• Eastern Mass. girls' soccer: Players of the Week for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 (bostonglobe.com)
• Museum of Science Announces Fall Programs Featuring Trevor Noah, Astronauts and Leading Scientists (bostonlifesciencestimes.com)

Woods Hole

• Fluffy Anemones Use Shipwrecks to Expand Southward (whoi.edu)
• Internship at the Marine Biological Laboratory (dartmouth.edu)

Plymouth

• Plymouth Fire Department Welcomes Community For Open House (patch.com)

Ok Falmouth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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