Efforts are underway to return the antique water fountain troughs from the Water Department on Gifford Street to their original locations at the Village Green and in Woods Hole.
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Two sculptures currently on display on Main Street can stay after Falmouth Historical Commission members said at their meeting on Tuesday night, June 1, that they have no jurisdiction over artwork.
James Fox, owner of Main Street Gallery at 189 Main Street, was told by the town he needed to apply for a certificate of appropriateness after he began displaying two four-foot sculptures. Both âReading Dogâ and âSwinging Jennyâ were sculpted by Marthaâs Vineyard artist Jay Lagemann.
They are in above-ground planters outside the gallery building. The gallery shares the building with Eight Cousins bookstore.
Mr. Foxâs employee, Jessica Dougherty, presented to the commission. She said Main Street Gallery asked Edward Haddad, chairman of the historical commission, if the gallery needed permission prior to displaying. Mr. Fox said the commission does not regulate art.
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Falmouth, MA Allegations that a Falmouth Historical Commission and Community Preservation Commission member violated a conflict of interest law were resolved Tuesday when the State Ethics Commission issued a Public Education Letter. Nicole Goldman, the member, was acting on behalf of a private nonprofit organization when she requested funding and support from the commissions for preserving a geodesic dome built in the 1950s.
The conflict of interest law prohibits municipal employees from acting on behalf of anyone other than the municipality in matters in which the municipality is a party or has a direct or substantial interest. The Public Education Letter states this is to prevent a division in loyalty between the municipality and the other, private entity.