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When the New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co. asked for permission to install energy-efficient amber streetlights on Cape Cod, Artist Eloise Barnhurst strenuously objected. At a public hearing in Falmouth, Mass., Barnhurst, who serves as a consultant on color to cosmetic companies and advertisers, warned that amber is a potentially explosive mixture of red and yellow. Said she: "Red is the color of sex, but yellow is a nerve energizer that keeps us awake...
...Said Falmouth Selectman Eric Turkington: "There's some validity to what she says." To shed more light on the subject, another hearing will be held next week...
...easiest to explore the Cape by car, but busses run from the Trailways terminal in Boston to both Hyannis and Falmouth. The ambitious can then hitchhike. The very ambitious can bicycle. (It is 70 miles from Boston to Hyannis and another 45 miles to Provincetown...
...Falmouth follows Mashpee. The most distinguishing feature in the town is Woods Hole, Falmouth's southernmost village and the home of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the Marine Biological Laboratories. The scientific community has given Woods Hole the atmosphere of a small college town. Poetry readings, local theater and folk dancing are common. The Fishmonger's Cafe or the Market Bookshop in Falmouth Center are the best places to learn what is to be done...
Route 28 turns north in Falmouth and runs through North Falmouth (the home of the Nickelodeon Theater, the finest movie house on the Cape), Otis Air Force Base and then Bourne. I can't remember anything in Bourne that I have ever wanted...