TRURO — Anne Greenbaum, chair of the planning board, presented the select board with seven articles for town meeting on March 8, ready to breeze through each one. “I don’t want […]
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TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Student Appointed to Walsh Committee
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Truro are remote only and can be watched online. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Walsh Committee to Shrink
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Truro are remote only. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Tuesday, Oct. 12 […]
ON TOUR
Abandoned Sears Houses Are Focus of Walsh Committee
A year in the making, a planning group takes a first walk together
TRURO — July 19 was a day of firsts for the members of the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. That morning, they met each other in person for the first […]
AFTERMATH
Kline House Cash Pays Walsh Land Interest
Select board wants ‘freedom’ to direct future use of settlement money
TRURO — When the drawn-out legal battle over a modern mansion on Stephens Way ended in 2016 with a settlement giving the town $3 million, it was called “dirty money” […]
DEVELOPMENT
Walsh Committee Includes Housing and Conservation Advocates
With outside help, capacity for ‘constructive engagement’ shapes choices
TRURO — After digging deep for year-round workers and young families, the Truro Select Board has found 16 people to serve on the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. The group […]
CIVICS
Consultants Will Help Decide Who Is on Walsh Land Panel
Housing and environmental preservation are seen as competing interests
TRURO — Town officials have hired a Cambridge consulting firm to help figure out what to do with the 70-acre Walsh property, whose purchase for $5.1 million was approved by […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Truro Leaders Reach 11th-Hour DPW Compromise
Ad hoc committee’s plan trims 9,000 square feet and $6.7 million from project
TRURO — This weekend’s double town meeting is widely expected to break Outer Cape records. About 1,000 chairs will be set up under a heated tent on the Truro Central […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Scare Tactics
In a front-page story in last week’s Independent, Paul Benson took a look at some of the supposed facts that have surfaced in talk about affordable housing on the Outer […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 2, 2024
From Cass Johnson, Kathe Izzo, Ronald A. Gabel, Donna Cooper, and Bruce Mason
‘A Sustainable Truro’ To the editor: I moved to Truro in 2021, and I have been shocked by the housing affordability crisis on the Outer Cape. In the three years […]
VOTING IN TRURO
Final Challenges End in Three Upheld Voter Registrations
Two challenges filed by Slater were against town committee chairs
TRURO — The board of registrars heard a final set of challenges to voter registrations on Tuesday, April 16 and upheld all three. Truro voter Jon Slater had disputed the […]
TRURO TOWN MEETING
The Rise of Misinformation
An online newsletter and Facebook work to fool voters
Over the past year, I’ve seen a rise in misinformation on Truro’s Facebook community pages, especially regarding affordable housing at the Walsh property. Some of it comes from the TruroNews.org […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 25, 2024
From Jane Lea, Jim Vogel, Sean Ganas, Gretchen Von Grossmann, and Khristine Hopkins
Paying for Housing To the editor: I am writing in response to the excellent letters in recent issues of the Independent about housing in Truro. It is refreshing to hear […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 18, 2024
From Alec Marshall, Kolby Blehm, Jean Horner, and Mike Rice
‘A House Divided’ To the editor: My wife, Anne, and I, a schoolteacher, bought land in Truro 52 years ago and with the help of family, friends, and local subcontractors […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 11, 2024
From Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Beth O'Rourke, and Ardis Markarian
‘An Elderly Town’ To the editor: You recently reported on the isolation felt by the parent of a newborn [“New Moms Find Company and Comfort in Eastham,” March 28, front […]