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Truro Newsletter issue #170
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June in Truro
June is the month with the most daylight, over 15 hours, and June 21st is the Summer Solstice, when the sun is at its highest. Although this longest day is the first day of summer, it also marks the day when days start getting shorter, albeit slowly at first.
The warming trend continues with temperatures up almost 10 degrees from May. According to past records, we expect an average temperature to 64°F, with average lows of 56°F and highs of 72°F. We traditionally get a total of 2.7 inches of rain (about 25% drier than May).
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Weather for the Week
Weather reports for the next 7 days are available online at truronews.org.
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Tides, Sun, and Moon
Tide charts for June and July are available for your reference. They also include times for sunrise and sunset, plus phases of the moon for each day of the month.
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Truro Q&A
1. What kind of river is the Pamet River?
2. What formed the Pamet River?
3. When did Truro's production of cranberries reach its peak?
Answers are at the bottom!
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Special Town Election
Thursday, June 27th
7 AM to 8 PM at the Truro Community Center
7 Standish Way, North Truro, MA
Early In-Person Voting Hours will be held at Truro Town Hall, Clerk's Office on the following dates and times:
Tuesday, June 18th, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, June 20th, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday, June 21st, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Letters Received
Letters to the Editor are published in this section. Letters can be sent to editor@truronews.org
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Supporting Question 2 for DPW Funding
Dennis O’Brien urges Truro voters to approve Ballot Question 2, which funds preliminary engineering costs for a new DPW at Town Hall Hill. He highlights that delaying this funding will increase costs and prolong subpar conditions for the current DPW. O’Brien emphasizes that the voters have already shown strong support and that the schematic design costs are reasonable. He concludes by advocating for immediate action to meet the community's needs. More ...
Advocate for a Fair FY2025 Budget
Clinton Kershaw urges Truro residents to email the Select Board, stressing the importance of adopting a reasonable budget for FY2025. He highlights the financial struggles of residents and advocates for no Prop 2½ overrides for four years (except for the DPW facility), as well as budget growth in line with inflation, and the implementation of necessary systems and controls. More ...
Defending Free Speech in Public Comments in Truro
Attorney Frederick Goldsmith argues that a Select Board Member's objection to a citizen's public comment during a recent Select Board meeting was illegal. Citing the MA Supreme Judicial Court case Barron v. Kolenda, he explains that the Massachusetts Constitution protects citizens' rights to express grievances, even if they are critical, rude or personal, as long as they are peaceable and orderly. He asserts that any policy restricting such comments is unconstitutional and urges citizens to continue exercising their rights to speak freely. More ...
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A New Innovative Feature of Truro News | | |
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Truro NewsReals
Truro News has created a new, easy way to share video of events around town! Stay up with Truro current events by viewing any of 118 short clips curated by Truro News. Each story being covered is part of its own topic series which includes video clips and pdf snippets of relevant conversations, activities, and happenings. Topics include the DPW, Water, A/V, Town Meeting, and more.
Check out all NewsReals (12 Series so far)
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DPW Project - Next Step
This contributed article explains the background and emphasizes the importance of passing Ballot Question 2 to fund the DPW project design in Truro. Voters approved this at the Annual Town Meeting, and it requires a Special Town Election vote to exempt the borrowing from Proposition 2½ limits. The design will proceed in two phases: schematic and detailed. An Owner’s Project Manager will oversee the DPW project to ensure it is completed on time, within budget, and meets specifications. More...
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Town Leadership Practicing Doublespeak?
This contributed article argues that Truro's town leadership is practicing doublespeak by claiming the funding of a new Housing Coordinator position won't impact taxpayers, despite reallocating $175,000 from the town’s revenue. This reallocation necessitates increased taxation. The article critiques the misuse of Short-Term Rental Fees for unrelated tasks and urges the Select Board to investigate and rectify this violation of Truro Bylaw 2-1-6. More...
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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 ...
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Truro Summer Concerts
This year will mark the 30th year producing these concerts.
Live musical performances will be held behind the Truro Public Library every Thursday evening from 6:30 to 7:30 PM during July and August. Learn more
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Kenneth Hawkey Art Exhibit
Through June 29 @ 11 AM at the Truro Public Library
Come see local artist and active community member Kenneth Hawkey's latest works featuring architectural scenes, landscapes, and pieces that combine both. Painting our town since 1987, Hawkey expertly captures Truro's rural tone in his traditional, straightforward style that is both stunning and accessible to the viewer. For more information, call the library at 508-487-1125.
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Truro Farmers' Market
Mondays @ 8 AM - 12 PM
The Truro Educational Farmers Market opened June 3rd and will welcome all each Monday from 8 AM-12 PM through September 26th. Located at 20 Truro Center Road, the open air market on the banks of the Pamet will feature heirloom produce and fresh-picked delicacies, pastured meats, local seafood, pasta, cheese, eggs, baked goods, coffee, crepes, and music. Please join us and bring your SNAP card if you have one to earn free food just by shopping locally. Support our local harvesters, sustain our community.
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Outer Cape Chorale Chamber Singers On the Road!
June 26 @ 6:00 PM - Highland House Museum
June 30 @ 7:00 PM - Cape Cod Covenant Church
"Postcards of acapella songs and stories of special places"
Free Show!
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Woof Woof Meow shows this summer!
Thursday, June 20 3–5 PM Summer Solstice in the Captain's Choice garden patio, 4 Highland Rd, North Truro. This will be a sit-down affair without our drummer Rikki: have some food and drinks and hear a quieter version of the band. Free.
Sunday July 7, 4-6 PM Outdoors dance party at Tracy's Holistic Health and Massage, 3073 Route 6, Wellfleet. Pay what you wish.
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2nd Annual Pond Village Fishing Derby and Blueberry Brunch
Saturday July 13 @ 9-11 AM
All welcome, family-friendly
Some rods will be available
Kayaks and canoes welcome
Lessons for beginner fisher folk
Come for the Derby or the Brunch or both!
Blueberry Brunch goes from 10-11 AM.
Bring your favorite blueberry-based dish or pastry to share (please label nuts/gluten etc). Coffee provided. Rain date July 20.
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Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
The Pamet River Float is back!
Saturday July 20, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Come One – Come All To the Pamet River Float!
Meet at the Main Campus, 10 Meetinghouse Road, to be shuttled to the starting point.
Bring your friends and experience the outer cape landscape from a unique point of view. You will float in an inner tube with the outgoing tide, down the Pamet River from the Pamet Harbor to Castle Hill. The Float is about 1 mile (about a half hour float), downstream following the river as it wanders back and forth across the marsh. Afterwards, join us on the back deck for lunch! Learn more
Visit castlehill.org to stay up to date with events and workshops!
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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 at the Truro Recreation Department or if you prefer to join on Zoom go to TruroYoga.com for link.
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Council on Aging: Volunteer Recruiting
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.
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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...
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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.
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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!
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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…
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Truro's Water and Development Challenge
This month's Town Green article discusses the challenges we are facing with the Walsh property. The Walsh Committee dissolved before the latest Ptown water forecast consulting report concluded that additional wells will be needed on the Walsh property. The new Ad Hoc Walsh Property Advisory Committee and the Town Administration need to factor in this crucial information and conduct independent hydrogeological studies as one next step. More…
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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...
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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...
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My Home Plus One ADU
A Housing Assistance technical assistance and incentive program to help Cape Cod homeowners build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). More...
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COVID-19 - From the CDC
Are you up-to-date? CDC’s updated booster guidance is available here.
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Town of Truro Calendar
Want to see what's going on in town government and related meetings? Check out the calendar ahead. More...
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County and State Government | | |
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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...
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Supporting Truro Businesses | |
Truro News has teamed with TPRTA (Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers' Association) to create an improved “Truro BizList” of all Truro businesses. TPRTA has provided a list for more than a decade; and now in conjunction with Truro News, the Truro BizList has all updated info, added features, and includes all Truro businesses we have identified. | |
You can view the list now by clicking here. If you have a business in Truro that we missed or have a new biz you want to list, please email editor@truronews.org. | |
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Truro Businesses Job Openings | |
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In addition, Truro businesses can now place job advertisements -- FREE -- to accompany their business listing. You can view the list of jobs now by going to truronews.org/jobs.
If you have jobs that you want to post or change, please email editor@truronews.org.
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Example section from the New Jobs Listing | |
An Independent Platform for Community Views | | |
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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.
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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.
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"We do not have government by the majority.
We have government by the majority who participate."
- Thomas Jefferson
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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...
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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:
- allow for factual information to be provided to readers in video, text, and image formats
- organize information in "series" so that readers can track an issue over time
- make the timeline readily apparent
- 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
- make it clear to readers if any content is opinion-based, but have a strong preference for raw factual information
- provide easy link access to source documents used in presenting information when possible
- edit long pieces to minimize the time required by readers to stay current as issues develop over time
- 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
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Truro Q&A - Answers
Q: What king of river is the Pamet River?
A: A tidal river, running from east to west across the width of Truro.
Q: What formed the Pamet River?
A: It was formed by glaciers millions of years ago.
Q: When did Truro's production of cranberries reach its peak?
A: In 1953. By the early 1960s, production had ceased.
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