Meetings Ahead Truro meetings are generally held via telephone or video conferencing and are aired for the public after they are over. See: www.truro ma.gov/home/news/viewing-the-33120-select-board-meeting-and-general-remote-meeting-information Thursday, April 2 Zoning Board […]
Truro
RESILIENCE
A Powerful Distillation for Community Health
South Hollow offers gifts of homemade hand sanitizer
TRURO — Townspeople were lined up outside the gift shop at Truro Vineyards and South Hollow Spirits on Shore Road on Saturday, respecting the social distance and patiently waiting their […]
CORONAVIRUS
Truro Native Offers Perspective From China
Fever clinics, not herbs, help a country turn the corner
TRURO — Thomas Garran has left his apartment complex in Beijing only three times in the last two months. Those times he did leave, he had his temperature taken upon […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Truro, as of the Independent’s deadline, was in the testing phase for a platform that can broadcast regulatory meetings and incorporate viewer input remotely. The town does not […]
HOUSING
Cloverleaf Developer Must Upgrade Septic Treatment Plan
Revised plan has 39 affordable housing units
TRURO — An independent review of the Cloverleaf, the largest single affordable housing development in Truro’s history, found it needs a more powerful septic treatment system than was originally proposed. […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Truro is working on remote capacity to enable people to participate in public meetings. “We don’t have that in place yet,” said Town Manager Rae Ann Palmer. “So […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, March 12 Housing Authority, 4:15 p.m., Town Hall Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall Tuesday, March 17 Cemetery Commission, 10 a.m., Town Hall Board of […]
TECHNOLOGY
Town Website Glitch Cancels Four Meetings
Open meeting law required rescheduling in Eastham, Wellfleet
The Eastham, Wellfleet, and Truro town websites were unreachable for much of last Monday and Tuesday, forcing the last-minute cancellation and rescheduling of at least four local board meetings. The […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Friday, March 6 Dialogue with the Director, 10 to 11 a.m., Truro Council on Aging Tuesday, March 10 Select Board, 5 p.m., Truro Town Hall Thursday, March 12 Truro Housing […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Monday, March 2 Conservation Commission, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall Tuesday, March 3 Board of Health, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Wednesday, March 4 Planning Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall […]
early learning
Truro’s Free Preschool Will Not Expand for Now
Eastham voters may be asked to provide preschool vouchers
TRURO — The school committee, which agreed last spring to completely eliminate tuition for preschool at the Truro Central School, decided on Feb. 13 not to enlarge the program to […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 20 Commission on Disabilities, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall Monday, Feb. 24 Zoning Board of Appeals. 5:30 p.m., Town Hall Tuesday, Feb. 25 Select Board, 5 p.m., […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 13 Select Board, 3 p.m., Truro Public Library Housing Authority, 4:15 p.m., Town Hall School Committee, 5:15 p.m., Truro Central School Friday, Feb. 14 Community Preservation […]
ENVIRONMENT
East Harbor Is Thriving, But Is That Enough?
Small measures help sea creatures; bigger ones could buffer sea-level rise
TRURO — Recent research at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown has documented the current state of East Harbor’s benthic communities — species that live in the sediments on […]
TRURO SELECT BOARD
Potlucks and Pot Agreements
The talk of Candidates’ Night
TRURO — A standing-room only crowd listened to the two select board candidates — Stephanie Rein, a farmer, and Karen Tosh, an attorney — during candidates’ night on Feb. 4. […]
