Falmouth Marine and Environmental Services reported that a horse got loose on Friday, April 2, and that its personnel returned it to Smithfield Farm, but farm owner Janice Foster said the horse is not hers.
The incident occurred less than a week after the board of health rescinded the farmâs stable license based on several health and safety concerns including an unsecure horse chorale.
According to Falmouth police, dispatch received a report of a horse loose in the backyard of a home at 850 Carriage Shop Road near Blueberry Lane. The home is adjacent to the farm property on Sandwich Road. Police notified MES, which captured the horse and returned it to Smithfield Farm.
The dredging of Waquoit Bay is at least two years away.
âIf everything happens correctly and everything falls into place, we actually get to do some dredging in December of 2022,â Sanders Davies of the Waquoit Bay Yacht Club told the Falmouth Waterways Committee on Wednesday, February 3.
Due to the lengthy permitting, funding and RFP process, as well as time-of-year restrictions, Mr. Davies said fall 2023 is a more realistic start date. However, he acknowledged the schedule âmakes all sorts of assumptions about what weâre going to be able to do.â
Before the town can dredge bay and entrance channels, Harbormaster Gregg Fraser said, the town needs to find a location to place the dredge spoils.
Dinghies are often left at town landings year-round, but Falmouth Harbormaster Gregg Fraser said the practice will not be allowed under newly proposed regulations.