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  • How a Falmouth teen’s letter led to a Patriots coach visit
  • How another offshore wind delay could ripple down to Falmouth residents
  • How new state salt marsh funding could reshape Falmouth’s coastline

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and windy, with a high of 47 and low of 40 degrees.
  • Thursday: A bit of snow and rain; windy, temps: high: 45, low: 17. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Partly sunny; windy, colder, with a high of 34 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Patriots coach Mike Vrabel visits young patient, lifts family's spirits (wcvb.com) — A Falmouth family’s teen, Jayden Wilsey, has built a meaningful bond with new Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, who visited him during intensive treatment for sickle cell complications and later hosted the family at a game. The support from Vrabel and the team helped Jayden through long hospital stays, and he’s now feeling better and aiming to try out for high school basketball next year.
   

• Mass. offshore wind contract timeline slips amidst ‘ongoing uncertainty' (capecodtimes.com) — Massachusetts has again delayed finalizing its fourth round of offshore wind contracts, now aiming for completion by June 30, 2026, pushing the clean-energy timeline back two years. That affects projects sending power ashore on Cape Cod and could influence future work off our coast. Falmouth readers may feel the impact through long-term energy costs, grid reliability, and regional job opportunities.
   

• Healey-Driscoll administration awards more than $2M to restoration (lynnfieldweeklynews.com) — Falmouth is included in a new state grant that funds salt marsh restoration and monitoring, with the Association to Preserve Cape Cod receiving money for work in Dennis and Falmouth. The $2 million statewide initiative aims to strengthen coastal resilience, protect wildlife habitat, and improve defenses against flooding and storms along the Massachusetts shoreline.
   

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