🌱 Patch AM: How will $5M reshape Falmouth’s police station and Brick Kiln corridor?

Good day Falmouth! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How will $5M reshape Falmouth’s police station and Brick Kiln corridor?
• Where can you throw axes indoors in Falmouth this winter?
• Did you buy a New Year’s Day ticket at Falmouth Food Mart?

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

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 32 and low of 24 degrees.
• Sunday: Morning flurries; some sun, temps: high: 31, low: 16. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Very cold; breezy in the a.m., with a high of 25 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Falmouth Approves $5M for New Police Station (wror.com) — Town officials have approved nearly $5 million to advance planning and permitting for a new Falmouth police station at 100 Brick Kiln Road, replacing the town’s outdated facility. After environmental concerns ruled out an earlier site, the new location sits along a busy corridor that will also host a new YMCA, signaling a significant reshaping of that part of town.
   

• 5 indoor places where you can hang out and burn energy on Cape Cod (capecodtimes.com) — If you’re looking to burn off energy without braving the cold, one option is axe-throwing at Timber Axe Bar & Bowl in Falmouth, which requires participants to be at least 18. The roundup also highlights bowling, pickleball, rock climbing, and arcades across Cape Cod, giving locals several indoor ways to stay active and social this winter.
   

• 3 $100K lottery prizes won in Mass. on New Year's Day (masslive.com) — Two $100,000 Mass Cash tickets were sold at Falmouth Food Mart on New Year’s Day, making a pair of local players significantly richer. Winners have one year to claim their prizes at state Lottery claim centers, and the drawing was part of a big day of lottery wins across Massachusetts.
   

📸 Around Falmouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Falmouth

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Saturday January 3

• Men's Bible Study
  60 Central Park Ct, Falmouth, MA, 02540
  8:00 am
• LEGO: Build it!
  West Falmouth Library , 575 W Falmouth Hwy , Falmouth
  10:30 am

Monday January 5

• Maker Mondays at the East Falmouth Library
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Maker Mondays at the East Falmouth Library - Wind Streamers
  East Falmouth Branch Falmouth Public Library - East Falmouth Branch , 310 East Falmouth Highway , East Falmouth
  10:00 am
• Fingerpainting for Littles
  Childrens Program Room Falmouth Public Library - Main Library , 300 Main Street , Falmouth
  10:30 am
• Coding Club!
  Childrens Program Room Falmouth Public Library - Main Library , 300 Main Street , Falmouth
  3:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Mid-Week Study Series + Dinner
  60 Central Park Ct, Falmouth, MA, 02540
  5:45 pm

Friday January 9

• VIRTUAL: Presidential Series with Doodler Heather Rogers - George Washington
  Falmouth Public Library , 300 Main St , Falmouth
  10:30 am
• Falmouth Art Center Monthly Opening Reception
  Falmouth Art Center , 137 Gifford St , Falmouth
  4:00 pm
• Date Night Dance Lessons with Glen Carliss
  West Falmouth Library , 575 W Falmouth Hwy , Falmouth
  6:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Auditions - FTG's James and the Giant Peach
  Highfield Theater, 58 Highfield Drive Falmouth MA
  2:00 pm
• The Flood, with Jason Mellin, director, poet and performer
  Waquoit Congregational Church , 15 Parsons Ln , Falmouth
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Upper Cape Camera Club Photography Exhibit, "Scenes of Bourne", is at Jonathan Bourne Library January 3-29 —Michael Klehm Read on Patch
• SouthCoast Wind Project Power Agreement Postponed 6th Time —Frank G Haggerty Read on Patch

• The Upper Cape Camera Club is presenting a photography exhibit – “Scenes of Bourne” - from January 3rd to 29th at the Jonathan Bourne Public Library, 19 Sandwich Road, Bourne.
  The exhibit by 22 Camera Club members includes over 40 images of familiar, as well as perhaps not so familiar, scenes from around Bourne. There will… (Nextdoor Palmer and Gifford)

• CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in Falmouth. Apply here.
• Starbucks posted a job opening for shift manager - Store# 07418, FALMOUTH ROUTE 28 in Falmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Falmouth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Woods Hole

• A new age for the Steamship Authority - The Martha's Vineyard Times (mvtimes.com)

Bourne

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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