PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • November 4, 2025
Ending its years-long journey, amendments to Falmouth’s contentious pesticide and fertilizer ordinance will remain in place. Falmouth voters decided not to repeal the regulations at the polls on Tuesday. There were 3,344 votes cast to keep the regulations and 2,727 votes to repeal them. The ordinance expands on a 2020 pesticide and fertilizer ordinance that required licensed commercial pesticide and fertilizers applicators to register annually with the town. The ordinance prohibited the application of fertilizer between December and March. Additionally, the new ordinance bans the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and any non-synthetic substance listed as “prohibited” on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.