Members of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen concerned about gender-neutrality are thinking about changing the name of the board.
A board of "selectmen" has been the chief executive entity in most towns in New England since the 1630s when English Puritans first settled here. It refers to voters in a town selecting certain people – men in the early days – to lead the town.
An odd set of circumstances has led to the approval of a floating dock in a Cape Cod town even though the applicants failed to get necessary approval for a permit.
Two men who live on the same road in East Falmouth sought a special permit for the floating dock in Eel Pond, which some of their neighbors opposed, saying the it would cause too much congestion of boats, according to the Cape Cod Times.
