Petition Article News Today

Falmouth Town Meeting voters this week reworked the language of Article 18 to better regulate, rather than ban, plastics from to-go restaurant service in town.

By submitting petition articles for May Town Meeting that are virtually identical to those town departments and boards have already recommended, Mashpee residents say they are looking to ensure votes

The Falmouth Select Board recommended approving a petition that supports changing the state flag at its meeting on Monday, February 27.

A college student and Falmouth local wants to take the town’s leadership in sustainability one step further with a bylaw that would eliminate plastics from food service altogether.

A petition article asks April Town Meeting voters for a letter of support for changing the Massachusetts’s state flag because of its imagery, seen by many as racist.

A petitioner wants Town Meeting voters to pass a bylaw regulating the noise, times of use, and types of leaf blowers. The bylaw would be enforceable by the Falmouth Police

Town Meeting voters will be asked to reverse the select board’s vote last month that denied Mayflower Wind access to town property. A petition submitted for the April Town Meeting

Both opponents and proponents of the petition to repeal the ban on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles in Falmouth are confident they will prevail at Town Meeting on

Mashpee became the 11th Cape Cod town to approve a ban on the retail sale of single-use plastic water bottles after a close vote—and contentious debate—at Town Meeting on Monday,