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 Action Committee, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Apr. 22
- Open Space Committee, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 25
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Apr. 27
- Commission on Disabilities, 4:15 p.m.
- Charter Review Committee, 5 p.m.
- Walsh Property Community Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 28
- Climate Action Committee, 10:30 a.m.
Conversation Starter
Locke Named to Rec Committee
The Truro Select Board appointed Drew Locke to the town’s recreation advisory committee on April 12. Locke joins fellow new members Elizabeth Cook and Chelsea Loughran on the committee, with two full-time seats still vacant. The three members will serve through June 30, 2025.
“The reason for joining the rec committee is to see more youth recreation go on in town,” Locke said at the meeting. Young people, he said, are “really important to the longevity of Truro.”
Locke was fired from his position as the Nauset Regional High School boys hockey coach on Feb. 10 after the parents of a student on the team complained that he had shoved their son in the locker room at Charles Moore Arena in Orleans after a game on Jan. 12. Through his lawyer, Locke has “unequivocally” denied the accusation; many parents, student athletes, and other members of the community have stood by him since the firing.
An investigation of the alleged incident was conducted by the Mass. Dept. of Children and Families, which found a claim of child abuse or neglect made against Locke to be “unsupported.”
“Drew Locke was chosen because he is an exemplary Truro Central School employee and an upstanding member of the community where he was born and raised,” Kristen Reed told the Independent. Reed is vice chair of the select board.
Locke said at the meeting that news about the use of different town fields and playgrounds are among things “I, as a parent, don’t know about until the last minute.” He added that he thinks it would be helpful for the recreation dept. to seek more community input.
Reed said the town’s recreation advisory committee had been dormant awaiting the appointment of three new members. Its May 9, 2018 meeting was the last time a quorum of three had been assembled. —Ryan Fitzgerald
