Truro Q&A

1. What did Edgewood Farms produce?

2. Where was Oceanside Farm?

3. Who bought Oceanside Farm in 1847?

Answers are at the bottom!

Letters Received

Letters to the Editor are published in this section. Letters can be sent to editor@truronews.org

Vote Despite Obstacles

A letter from Jan Worthington urges residents not to be deterred by the new voting challenges, such as no parking at the school or on Route 6. Jan encourages the community to speak up against these changes and emphasizes the importance of participating in the Town Meeting to vote despite these obstacles. Jan remains hopeful to see the residents turn out and vote from the heart. More ...

Truro Budget Concerns: A Call for Fiscal Prudence

Michael Forgione critiques the FY2025 Truro Budget, highlighting a 30% increase from FY2021 with significant growth in General Government and Overhead. He expresses concern over new staffing positions inflating the General Government budget, questioning the sustainability of a 51% spending increase over four years. Forgione warns voters against the town's fiscal strategy, urging them to vote against what he perceives as unsustainable, out-of-control spending. More ...

DPW Forum Highlights Fiscal and Environmental Prudence

During the Truro DPW Forum, participants discussed fiscal aspects and the environmental scrutiny of the proposed 340 Rt 6 building site. There should be no speculation about possible/potential contamination issues on any land that the Town considers for possible development. If any land is contaminated, we should know the costs for clean-up if we are buying or potentially developing any site.  More ...

Proposed Expansion in Truro Raises Concerns

The writer concludes that the Truro Select Board is actively pursuing a plan to dramatically increase the town’s subsidized housing stock, a move that could change Truro's rural character. Proposals include the eminent domain acquisition of the Truro Motor Inn, constructing up to 250 new units on recently bought land, and building a wastewater treatment facility to support further development. He argues that these plans, which could grow the town’s population by at least a third, lack guarantees that beneficiaries will contribute to the local workforce. Additionally highlighted are the potential financial burden on taxpayers and the probability of benefiting non-local residents, sparking concerns about the sustainability and desirability of these changes.  More ...

DPW Plans: A Costly Crossroad

Truro is considering two DPW project proposals: a $35 million option on Route 6 and a $17 million alternative at Town Hall Hill, with the latter offering substantial cost savings. Even if interest rates were to change, the Town Hall Hill plan emerges as the fiscally responsible choice. More ...

Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill

This April, Castle Hill is welcoming 4th and 5th Graders for an after school Ceramic Raku Extravaganza! 

Visit castlehill.org to stay up to date with events and workshops!

Truro Public Library

The Truro Public Library sponsors a wide variety of interesting events and presentations each month, for both adults and kids, not to mention free e-book downloads. More ...

Truro Yoga

Come join us and turn up the good vibes! We are in person or online.

This is for everyone and it is FREE! We meet 10-11 AM at the Truro Recreation Department or if you prefer to join on Zoom go to TruroYoga.com for link.

Council on Aging: Volunteer Recruiting

Like to cook? Come join us to help prepare and serve Thursday lunches at the Council on Aging! It's fun and a great contribution to the well-being of seniors and others of Truro.

Please contact Barbara Bond, COA Board volunteer coordinator, for more information at bbondtruro@comcast.net or (617) 515-4342. Many thanks.

Pond Village Chapel Community Campaign

This chapel is being sold. Partnering with the Truro Conservation Trust, a community group is raising funds to purchase the chapel with the purpose of holding a long term lease with the current tenant, Emmanuel Faith Ministries, thereby preserving a home for this vibrant multigenerational Jamaican congregation, maintaining the building as part of the Pond Village neighborhood and opening the chapel for selected community programming. The goal is to raise $1.5M. A generous donor has already given $500K and will match gifts from the community 1:1 to raise the additional $1M needed. Learn More...

View the Go Fund Me Campaign

Truro Historical Society

The Truro Historical Society is guided by a very capable Susan Kurtzman, whose careful monitoring of exhibits and events continues to pique a sense of discovery, perception, and recognition for all who visit the Highland House Museum and Cobb Archive. More...

Truro Gallery

Check out over 240 photos and share your own snaps of Truro through our Truro Gallery. If you have photos you would like to share, you can also email them to editor@truronews.org.

Sell your artwork and photography!

Artists who display photos of their work can also indicate that their artwork is available for purchase. Click on the "for sale tag" at the top of the Gallery page to highlight works that are for sale.

Robert R. Holt

We mourn the loss of a true Truro treasure and one of our longest living community members, Robert R. Holt, who died early Wednesday morning at the age of 106. Attended by his loving family, Bob slipped away peacefully at home. He introduced Truro's first Town Meeting resolution on the Climate Crisis and was a founding member of and stalwart contributor to the Energy Committee. He served as chair of the Recycling Committee (for more than 20 years), and as a member of the Board of Health, the Human Services Committee, and the Committee to Save Town Hall. An accomplished tenor his entire adult life, Bob sang into his 90s with the Provincetown Choral Society and the Outer Cape Chorale. We extend our condolences to his wife, Joan, and their sons, Michael and Danny. A full tribute will be shared at a future date. 

Truro Food Pantry: Food Insecurity in Truro

The Truro Food Pantry, located in the Truro Council on Aging, serves Truro residents who need help to make ends meet. But right now we’re struggling because the Greater Boston Food Bank has scaled back food deliveries to its partner pantries. This means that we must purchase our own groceries so that we may continue to serve the 50+ families who depend on Truro's pantry every week. We need your help! 

For more information or to make a donation today, please contact Barbara Bond, Truro Food Pantry Manager at bbondtruro@comcast.net Thank you!

Grow-a-Row Program: Growing & Giving

The Grow-A-Row program helps community members access local food. For those planning their gardens for this spring, consider growing an extra row to give to neighbors in need.

Start an easy and fun tradition that can involve kids, family members, and friends while helping to feed the community. More…

Truro's Water Dilemma and Sustainable Growth

This month's Town Green article discusses our challenge of sustainable growth, emphasizing the necessity of water resource data for informed decisions on development, such as on the Walsh Property. Crucial water assessments have not been disclosed to the public, despite their importance for planning and protecting Provincetown's and North Truro’s water supply. Upcoming votes on the Walsh Property's use lack vital information on water demand and supply, raising serious concerns about future sufficiency and the clear need for additional studies. More…

Rewilding Works!

Rather than backing away from new environmental changes of droughts occurring yearly, pour into a new attitude with a sense of duty to pollinators and wildlife who are doing their best to thrive in our trimmed yards. Wildlife needs a diverse plant selection. More...

Cape Cod AquiFund

AquiFund is a mechanism which may be of help to those who need to upgrade wastewater treatment on their property. Sponsored by Barnstable County, this program offers low-interest loans to Cape Cod homeowners faced with the cost of replacing their septic systems. Cape Cod AquiFund provides financial assistance for septic system replacement and installation of advanced onsite wastewater treatment units. More...

My Home Plus One ADU

A Housing Assistance technical assistance and incentive program to help Cape Cod homeowners build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). More...

Town of Truro Calendar

Want to see what's going on in town government and related meetings?  Check out the calendar ahead.  More...

Barnstable County

Are you interested to learn more about our county government? Barnstable County was formed in 1685 and has a rich history. It includes all of Cape Cod and the 15 towns together have about 228,000 population and 550 miles of shoreline. Truro represents just about 1% of the county’s population. You can learn more about it here. More...

Truro Newsletter

The Truro Newsletter volunteer team has published over 160 issues in its 13-plus years online with the mission of bringing factual and timely information to the residents and friends of Truro, MA. We’ve tried to stay true to our belief that we’re here to tell you as accurately and fairly as we can what’s going on in our Town and to let you make up your mind about what to think.

Community Group Authors

Being digital, Truro News takes advantage of the connectedness of our readers to create collaborative content. One of the core benefits of the internet is the way it empowers groups of people to act collectively. Authors online can have the choice to be identified or remain anonymous.

As always, content will be reviewed by our volunteer editorial staff to ensure that it meets basic journalistic standards and does not propagate obvious misinformation. We view our platform as the free press of the Truro community and want to offer our community the opportunity to express ideas with as little friction as reasonably possible, even in working draft form.

Truro Newsletter History

The Truro Newsletter is a 13-year-old independent non-profit publication. In the past year, we've welcomed many new subscribers, so we put together this short informative history video...

About Truro News and the Truro Newsletter

Truro News is Truro's free, independent, non-profit news source provided as a community service to readers and local organizations.

We place a premium on education and fact-based information and community commentary and aim to engage readers in informed, diverse, and respectful conversations about Truro. Please join these conversations and help us bring more people in - all views, news, comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated, and can be sent to editor@truronews.org

Articles published in the Truro Newsletter represent the views of the contributor and do not imply the endorsement of any other individual or organization, private or public, including Truro News. We do not publish campaign advertisements or "electioneering" pieces.

About Truro NewsReals

NewsReals is an original creation of Truro News in 2024, after months of software development to make it possible. It fulfills the following 8 key objectives:

1. allow for factual information to be provided to readers in video, text, and image formats
2. organize information in "series" so that readers can track an issue over time
3. make the timeline readily apparent
4. support the ability to correct misinformation reported by the community by including the original statement in error, and the results of fact-checking that was performed
5. make it clear to readers if any content is opinion-based, but have a strong preference for raw factual information
6. provide easy link access to source documents used in presenting information when possible
7. edit long pieces to minimize the time required by readers to stay current as issues develop over time
8. for increased accessibility to readers, provide captions on video where possible

In the short time that NewsReals have been published, many readers are expressing appreciation for their ability to stay current with a minimal amount of time spent.

N. Boyle

editor@truronews.org