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Select Board renews Seacoast Shores Association licenses after heated hearing
Summary
After extended presentations from the applicant and neighborhood opponents, the Falmouth Select Board voted to renew Seacoast Shores Association’s seasonal club, common victualler and entertainment licenses. Town counsel advised the board its review was limited to statutory licensing criteria; opponents urged reconsideration citing deed restrictions and equity concerns.
The Falmouth Select Board voted to renew Seacoast Shores Association Inc.’s seasonal club license and associated common victualler and entertainment permits after a contested hearing on April 13, 2026. Town Counsel Maura O’Keefe told the board its authority was limited to four statutory criteria — public need and want, appropriateness of location, character and suitability of the applicant, and license density — and urged members to confine deliberations to those points.
Attorney Andrea McCarthy, representing the applicant, said the association has held the license for 14 years and that…
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