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Falmouth Craft Market Due Open By Mid 2013

January 23, 2013 in Craft by Postmaster

Falmouth, Jamaica will be getting its own Falmouth Craft Market by the middle of this year 2013. This is a welcome though long overdue announcement. To make it even better for the vendors, the Craft Market will be located on the property of the Falmouth Pier. The old Hampden Wharf building that formerly stored rum and sugar for export and subsequently housed a hardware store is a large, historic building dating from the days of slavery and will be home to about 50 craft vendors. The disclosure was made by Falmouth Mayor Garth Wilkinson, in an interview with the Western
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Falmouth Not Reaping Full Economic Benefits From Cruise Ship Pier

July 15, 2011 in Business by Postmaster

Falmouth Not Reaping Full Economic Benefits From The Pier July 17th will mark exactly 5 months since the first cruise ship (Voyager of the Seas) docked in Falmouth Jamaica. Since then, Falmouth has surpassed Ocho Rios as the number one cruise shipping port in Jamaica. According to the Royal Caribbean Blog: “From February to April 2011, the Falmouth pier has had almost 100,000 passengers and 34,650 crew pass through which in turn has generated roughly US$8.7 million in passenger expenditure.” This rapid growth in arrivals it attributed to the Genesis class ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the
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Election for President of Trelawny Art and Craft Traders Association Invaded

July 7, 2011 in Falmouth News by Postmaster

FalmouthPO.com has been reliably informed that an election that started this morning to officially elect the President of the newly formed Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association, was invaded  and halted by individuals who expressed dissatisfaction at the political persuasion of the persons up for selection. They also expressed the feeling that Falmouth was not being represented so opportunities will be controlled by outsiders. The provisional President, Paul Campbell and Vice President Marlene Minto were both on the ballot for the post. The President of the Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association is a potentially influential
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Introducing the Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association

May 6, 2011 in Business by Postmaster

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association came officially began in September 2010 as craft vendors organized themselves to take advantage of the potential opportunities from the new Falmouth Cruise ship pier and to lobby for a home for craft vendors evicted from Bamboo Village. Bamboo Village was the original home for most craft vendors in Trelawny, situated about 3 miles from Falmouth. It was situated right next to the largest hotel in Trelawny, the Trelawny Beach Hotel, which changed ownership several times and became Starfish Hotel and is now Breezes Trelawny. A land dispute ended with
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