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In today's newsletter:

  • What Falmouth residents should do after new West Nile virus detections
  • How Falmouth veterans can now sail for half price
  • See the 1,260‑pound marlin that stunned crowds at Falmouth docks

Also on today's calendar: "Gathered": Artwork by Sarah Beach Cristani and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Heavy rain in the morning, with a high of 76 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny; breezy, humid, temps: high: 77, low: 65.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• West Nile Virus Alert: Falmouth and Chatham Mosquito Samples Test Positive, Risk Levels Elevated (wror.com) — West Nile virus has been detected in Falmouth mosquitoes, and state health officials now list the town at a moderate risk level, so residents should take bite prevention seriously. Local and state experts urge you to dump standing water, use EPA-approved repellents, wear long sleeves at dusk and dawn, and repair window screens while mosquito surveillance continues across Cape Cod.
   

• Steamship Approves Veterans' Half-Price Fares (vineyardgazette.com) — Falmouth veterans who use the Steamship Authority can now apply for half-price passenger fares, thanks to a new policy that also covers Barnstable, New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket veterans. Eligible veterans must submit proof of residence and service, with bad conduct and dishonorable discharges excluded, and the board also approved priority bookings for honor guards traveling to veterans' funerals.
   

• Massive Atlantic blue marlin reeled in off Massachusetts may be largest-ever East Coast catch (cbsnews.com subscription) — Anglers brought a 1,260‑pound Atlantic blue marlin back to Falmouth, where crowds gathered at the docks to see what may be the largest East Coast catch of its kind. Caught about 100 miles off Cape Cod, the massive fish is now headed to University of Maine scientists for aging, while locals share the meat and swap stories about the once‑in‑a‑lifetime haul.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Woods Hole

  • Double duty at fest, plus a web-slinger, dinosaurs and stoners – Play It Again, Tim (capecodwave.com)
  • Whale Calls Can Appear to Outrun Sound, Without Breaking Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity (discovermagazine.com)
  • Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean? (savingseafood.org)

Bourne

  • Raccoon Found With Head Stuck In Grate Desperately Holds On Until Help Arrives (thedodo.com)
  • Mass. crews rescue teen buried in collapsed sand hole (ems1.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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