🌱 Patch AM: Sailboat sinks off Falmouth; here’s how the sailor survived

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In today's newsletter:

• Sailboat sinks off Falmouth; here's how the sailor survived
• How Falmouth students are leading Cape Cod's suicide‑prevention efforts
• Why rare manatee visitors sometimes make it all the way to Falmouth

Also on today's calendar: Artisans Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 62 and low of 58 degrees.
• Monday: Some rain in the morning, temps: high: 64, low: 54.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 62 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• One rescued from water after sailboat sinks off coast of Mass. (wcvb.com) — A sailor was safely rescued early Saturday after his 30‑foot sailboat sank in the Woods Hole Passage just off Falmouth, highlighting the risks in this busy local waterway. Coast Guard crews pulled the life‑jacketed man from the water without reported injuries and brought him to Station Woods Hole, where local EMS met him for evaluation.
   

• Mental health listening tour brings focus to Cape Cod's challenges (capecodtimes.com) — Falmouth High School is home to Massachusetts' first Hope Squad, a peer-led suicide prevention program highlighted during a recent state mental health listening tour on Cape Cod. State officials visited Harwich nonprofit Sharing Kindness, which just received major long-term funding to expand grief support and suicide prevention services that directly affect youth and families across Barnstable County, including Falmouth.
   

• Where Manatees Travel Farthest North (worldatlas.com) — Falmouth's shoreline plays a starring role in tracking how far north adventurous Florida manatees sometimes travel, with a 2006 sighting once marking the species' northern record and another close pass in 2016. The article explains why these rare visitors reach Cape Cod, the cold‑water dangers they face, and what local boaters and swimmers should do if they spot one near town.
   

📸 Around Falmouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Falmouth

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Artisans Fair →
  First Congregational Church of Falmouth, 68 Main St, Falmouth
  9:00 am

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Other local events

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
• Julie Silver & Sue Horowitz, Celebrated Voices in Jewish and Folk Music →
  Waquoiut Congr
  4:00 pm
Monday October 12
• Film screening for Indigenous Peoples Day →
  Falmouth Museums on the Green Cultural Center, 55-65 Palmer Avenue
  2:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Silly Goose Storytime →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Woods Hole Woman's Club Talk: "Ancient Skeletons, Modern Cures" →
  Church of the Messiah Parish and Community Ctr., 16 Church St., Woods Hole
  11:30 am
• 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
Thursday October 15
• Sins, Sips, and Secrets →
  Falmouth Historical Society, 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Salem Witch Trials: What Really Happened? →
  West Falmouth Library, 575 W Falmouth Hwy, Falmouth
  1:00 pm
• Pedal Through the Past: A Bike Tour with the Falmouth Historical Society →
  Falmouth Historical Society, 55 Palmer Ave, Falmouth
  1:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Woods Hole

• Octopuses evolved remarkably complex brains, and a chromosome rearrangement 270 million years ago may explain how (newsbreak.com)
• RFK Jr. touts vaccine injury initiative, worrying experts (vpm.org)
• Where Does Earth's Nitrogen Go? Two Atoms Offer A Clue (astrobiology.com)

Bourne

• Cape Cod water views and a water main break in staff photos of the week (capecodtimes.com)
• MassDOT Secures $956M for Sagamore Bridge Project (transportation.org)

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: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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