Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in. The agenda includes instructions on how to join.
Thursday, Jan. 18
- Climate Action Committee, 10 a.m.
- Pamet Harbor Commission, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall
- Charter Review Committee, 5 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 22
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23
- Budget Task Force, 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Permit to Burn It
Throughout Massachusetts (except in 15 particularly dense communities), this week marked the beginning of open burn season. From Jan. 15 to May 1, during the right hours and on weather-permitting days, permitted parties can safely and legally burn specified materials in their yards.
Residents can apply for a permit online at truro.firepermits.com, where they can also access resources like tips for a safe burn and legal FAQs. Once a permit is granted, legal burners must still activate their permit each day that they intend to burn. Activations are allowed daily from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and fires can blaze between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Per state guidelines, burns must take place at least 75 feet from buildings and “as close as possible to the source of the material being burned.” Those materials might include brush, driftwood, forest debris, and “infected bee hives for disease control.”
Even those with permits are prohibited from burning grass, leaves, hay, household trash, and brush or driftwood from commercial or industrial clearings.
Permits do allow for the burning of fungus-infected elm, but only “if no other acceptable means of disposal is available.”
Those with questions should contact the office of Truro Fire Chief Tim Collins at 508-487-7548 or email [email protected]. —Sophie Mann-Shafir
