Meetings Ahead
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, May 11
- Housing Authority, 4:15 p.m.
- Beach Advisory Committee, 4:15 p.m., Public Library
- School Committee, 4:30 p.m., Truro Central School
- Commission on Disabilities, 4:30 p.m., Community Center
Friday, May 12
- Open Space Committee, noon
Monday, May 15
- School Committee Policy Subcommittee, noon
- Local Comprehensive Planning Committee, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, May 16
- Board of Health, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 17
- Cemetery Commission, 9 a.m., Town Hall
- Walsh Property Community Planning Committee, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Summer Rec Expanded
Registration opened today for the recreation department’s seven-week summer program for youths ages 5 to 14. The camp will take place at Truro Central School from July 5 to Aug. 11 and at Truro Community Center from Aug. 14 to 25. Campers will also go on field trips, said recreation dept. deputy director Austin Smith.
“I’m anticipating this will be our biggest summer in a while,” Smith said, adding that the program is “revitalizing and rebuilding” following obstacles created by the pandemic. Staffing issues in recent years limited program eligibility to kids who live in Truro, Smith added. This year, “We’re pretty much all staffed up, which is really exciting,” he said, and youth from any town can participate.
The camp will include a “weekly water day” during which the recreation dept. will rent inflatable rides and supply a trove of water toys. “It’s a way to not melt under the sun,” said Smith.
The program will also involve several theme days, “like Superhero Day,” said Smith, “where everyone dresses up like their favorite superhero.”
Walsh Committee Heads Into Traffic
The Walsh Property Community Planning Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 17 for the first time in four weeks. According to its new work plan, the meeting will include a preliminary traffic analysis by the Cape Cod Commission.
In January, part of the impetus for the committee’s first-ever vote — to use an interim number of 252 housing units for planning purposes — was so that studies like this one could move forward. “We can’t do a traffic study without numbers,” said former committee chair Fred Gaechter just before the vote was taken. —Sophie Mann-Shafir
