When my late husband David Israel was diagnosed with ALS in 2010, I couldn’t imagine how I’d ever cope. Someone in his neurologist’s office handed me a manual called the “ALS Caregivers Guide.” There were sections for “Drooling,” “Choking,” and “Feeding Tubes.” The last one was “Saying Goodbye.”
“How will I possibly handle this?” I asked a friend.
“Call Ron Hoffman!” she said.
I waited for him in a café south of Boston. A long-haired guy in jeans showed up, speaking in a Southern twang. I remembered that moment when, years later, I asked a man whose father had ALS if he’d ever heard of Ron Hoffman. “You mean the hippie ALS guy?” he said.
Letter: Falmouth sewer line proposal violates agreement
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The town of Falmouth is considering a plan to accommodate sewage from West Falmouth that goes beyond the agreements made in 1986 with the Woodlands Association.
The plan designed in 2017 was to go through the Central Maine Power corridor along the sides of the Woodville and Woods roads and is not in violation. But the new plan is. The new plan goes through Woodlands private roads. Going through the Woodlands where there are underground utilities raises the cost due to the underground utilities (electric, telephone, water, cable and telephone), the large amount of ledge and the existing sewer lines that need to be skirted around for their new line. (The existing sewer line is maxed out and was considered unfeasible to expand any farther.) The new proposed route crosses underground utility and sewer lines 78 times. So it is likely to also create unanticipated costs and overruns.
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After four hours of discussion and debate, Falmouth Town Meeting passed the 2022 operating budget and disposed of other financial warrant articles at virtual Town Meeting on Monday, April 12.
A few technical glitches did not stop the 204 members from questioning two of the more controversial warrant articles to pay for Falmouth Fire and Rescue Department overtime and to fund the design of a new fire station. In the end, the body approved both items and the $142,647,656 budget as it was proposed.
The online meeting was met with some technical challenges as members were unable to be heard. Many were asked to call in their questions and Assistant Town Manager Peter Johnson-Staub would read them aloud. The sound did improve after the first half-hour, when Town Meeting members and the public could hear Moderator David T. Vieira s computer fan whirring. The IT department placed a desk fan near the computer to cool down his laptop.Â
For the past twenty years, chess instructor Glenn Davison has found great enjoyment in sharing his knowledge of chess with others. Although he does not live in Falmouth, he recently shared his passion for the game with Upper Cape residents via his online chess courses at the Falmouth Public and West Falmouth libraries.
When asked where his passion for chess began, Mr. Davison recalled fond memories of time spent with his father.
âMy father, who was also a chess teacher, taught me how to play at the age of sixâ, he said.
While a career with large corporations doing remote and in-person training kept him busy for many years, he wanted to dedicate some of his retirement doing the thing heâs loved for most of his life. To Mr. Davison, chess is not a profession but a lifeâs passion, brought on by his father. Continuing in his footsteps, Mr. Davison now shares his love of chess with the world.