Mayor Hazen Should Resign There are ideas that could reshape Falmouth. But let’s be honest, a few things have to change before anything meaningful can even start. This article has two motivations. The first is a bold new idea for […]
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Before we delve into the candidates and how they’re shaping up, it’s a prudent time to talk about agenda. Elections always bring an opportunity for change. In recent years, Falmouth has started cleaning up. This article isn’t about praise or […]
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The Rise of Dairy Farming in Pendleton County
Pendleton County’s hills, once considered more burden than blessing, weren’t always the pastoral gem they are today. By the late 1800s, the land was chewed through by decades of row cropping, mostly tobacco, corn, and wheat. The soil was tired, […]
It’s no secret: The Whisper is not polite, non partisan, and definitely not to be swayed. We have no party affiliation, not because we’re rebellious, but because we’re tired of the politics and practices that keep feeding a machine that’s […]
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Wool, Mills & the Hills: How Falmouth Farmers Wove More
There’s always more to the story than what makes the papers. Before any flood, before the big disasters, Falmouth was already hustling, not just with plows in the fields, but with sheep on the ridges and machinery clanking in town. […]
On Thursday October 2, 2025 Falmouth City Council has on its agenda the second reading to remove the historic overlay designation from parts of the zoning map. This is both a subtle and a huge change for a town to […]
How flatboats, whiskey, and hard miles shaped early Falmouth Before the railroad ever whistled through town, before the courthouse clock ticked off Main Street’s rhythm, Falmouth’s future floated. Not in blueprints or election slogans, but on flatboats. Back then, the […]
In 1879, before the world had wires in its sky or engines on its roads, Falmouth lit up with something that would become more than an event, it was a beating heart of Pendleton County: The Falmouth Fair. For nearly […]
In August 1881, Falmouth found itself at the center of a racial flashpoint that nearly turned deadly. A Black man named Dick Coleman was arrested and charged with the murder of 12-year-old Mary Ball, a white girl whose body was […]
Falmouth, KY, Where the only thing that works as slow as the fire hydrants is the safety they attach to a job left undone. Just tell me please, you see the hole, right? You see how deep? You see how […]
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