TRURO — Truro’s housing crisis took center stage at Saturday’s town meeting, which featured chilly temperatures, gusty winds, and heated debate over Article 50. That petitioned article would have changed […]
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CIVICS
Playing Ball at Truro Town Meeting
A sunny-then-moody field day with blue slips and blankets
TRURO — As the crowd dwindled after the first day of town meeting on Saturday, two-year-old Harper Richter and five-year-old Mica Richter ran from inside Truro Central School to greet […]
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Farmers Market Safety
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Friday, May 6 Concert […]
CIVICS
Truro Debates Charter Change on Saturday’s Town Meeting Warrant
Can a planning board be a ‘check’ on a select board?
TRURO — Voters at Saturday’s town meeting will take on practical matters from child-care vouchers to a Proposition 2½ override. They’ll also be asked to consider at least one seemingly technical […]
LAND USE
Truro Zoning Board Approves Ballston ‘Boathouse’ Move
ZBA issues a single special permit with multiple conditions
TRURO — It took five months and a handful of major tweaks, but the zoning board of appeals voted Monday to allow Tom and Kathleen Dennis of Springfield to move […]
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Shellfish Report
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 28 Climate […]
TOWN MEETING
On Truro’s Warrant: Firefighters, Planning Board, and Child Care
Overrides, petitions, and bylaws will keep voters busy on April 30
TRURO — The annual town meeting will kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the Truro Central School ballfield, where voters will be asked to approve a grand […]
AMBULANCE CALL
EMS Study: It’s Time to Phase Out Lower Cape Ambulance
Consultants recommend municipal EMS systems instead of shared services
TRURO — A regional study of emergency medical services in Truro, Wellfleet, and Provincetown, presented to the select board and finance committee on April 12, points to a phasing out […]
DEVELOPMENT
Seaside Cottage Colony in Truro Faces Demolition
A one-story 5,000-square-foot house will replace five cottages
TRURO — A longtime cottage colony may soon be vanishing from Truro’s back shore. The property’s new owner, who paid $5 million for the seven-acre former Hi-Land View Cottages at […]
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Locke Named to Rec Committee
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 21 Climate […]
TRURO ELECTION
Planning Board Hopefuls Both Say They Favor New Housing
Townsend, 23, and Stahl, 67, vie to replace Sollog
TRURO — Two candidates, Caitlin Townsend and Steve Stahl, are on the ballot to fill the seat of retiring planning board member Steve Sollog in the May 10 town election. […]
PETITIONED IN TRURO
Effort to Make Planning Board Appointed Resurfaces
A second try at a charter amendment, after last year’s died in committee
TRURO — At the annual town meeting on April 30, Raphael Richter plans to approach the microphone on the Truro Central School ballfield and air his frustrations with the town’s […]
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Conduct Complaint
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 14 Climate […]
CANNABUSINESS
Truro Farmers Offer Plan for New Cannabis Facility
Neighbors on Old Bridge Road worry about smells and intruders
TRURO — Abutters of a proposed recreational cannabis cultivation and processing facility on Old Bridge Road expressed concern at a recent planning board hearing that their properties would be engulfed […]
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Boathouse Limbo
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 7 Economic […]
